Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Odzangba K. Dake]

On Monday 23 February 2009 16:05:32 Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> Here's an excellent summary from another list by Frank Cox on the
> rational of top vs. bottom posting. Perhaps this will help clarify the
> "why" behind all of this:
>
>         Top posting is generally used in direct business or personal
>         correspondence. I send you a message, you put your reply on top
>         of that and send it back to me. The theory is that you and I
>         already know what we're talking about.
>
>         In newsgroup and mailing list postings, on the other hand, the
>         convention is to put your reply at the bottom or in-line with
>         the original message, and the original message is ideally
>         trimmed to the minimum required to keep the flow of the
>         "conversation" going. The idea here is that posts are intended
>         to be read and comprehended by people other than the ones who
>         are directly involved in the exchange. Accordingly, it makes the
>         most sense to create a message that can be read from the top to
>         the bottom  in chronological order.

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense.

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Odzangba
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