[OT] Why do people detest top posting so much?

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> 
>>> By just... answering it.   Granted, I will usually include a brief quote
>>> .  But in many cases this is just for the benefit of those with poor
>>> email clients without automatic threading support.
>> 
>> My email client has perfectly good threading support, and I don't have a
>> clue what you're talking about.
> 
> I can see from my email client which email is replying to which. E.g. I
> know your last email (sent 10:27 was in reply to my email sent 12:17).
> Thus, I can go back and read the emails you're replying to even if you
> don't quote it.

I could do that too.  Would I?  Not a chance.  I'm reading a few hundred
emails a day on various support lists.  You get a few seconds to catch my
attention. Apparently some people think that this attitude makes me a
villain.  They're probably the same people who complain a few days later,
because nobody responded to their problem.  I'm just open about why they
don't get a response _from me_. 
-- 
derek