Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Steve T]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Pete Clapham <peteclapham at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> May I humbly point out that if you're actually following the conversation,
> you've read the previous messages.  Bottom posting forces you to go through
> all that again until you find the answer you're interested in.  Top posting
> makes it easier to continue a conversation.

That is true.

> May I also humbly point out that each listserve has its own customs.  Every
> other listserve that I am involved in prefers to top-post because it makes
> communication easier.  If this one prefers bottom posting, then fine.  But
> to suggest that top-posting is somehow bad and snapping at people for it is,
> shall we say, inappropriate at best.

That is also something that comes up regularly in these
"conversations".  I'd also humbly point out that in situations where
top posting is preferred, bottom posters are not attacked like top
posters are when the situation is reversed.

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