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

[Stephen]

Hello

I'm new here and I'm new to ubuntu linux. I have been reading about top 
and bottom posting and don't have a clue what you are talking about.

Would you clarify this for me?

Thanks in advance;
Stephen.

Michael Haney wrote:
> Being new to the community of Linux users and having seen what people
> on the outside think of us I can sadly say that this sort of thing
> only serves to perpetuate the mystic people outside the Linux
> community believe.  That mystic is that we're fanatical fanboys/girls
> with really short tempers who fly off on a hissy fit at the slightest
> provocation and have no tolerance for whatsoever for noobs.  Indeed,
> there are people, even here, who are like that, but its not something
> that's exclusive to the Linux world.  Being deeply involved in the
> anime community I can tell you there are people like that there also,
> but because there is so much animosity between diehard Windows and
> Linux supporters our community is put under the microscope so to speak
> more so than the anime community ever is.  In other words, when a few
> bad apples cause trouble it makes all of us look bad.
>
> So bad attitudes towards people top posting rather than bottom posting
> or sarcastic replies to newbie questions or people who post in HTML
> only serves to prove what the Windows fanatics say about us.  It sheds
> the Linux Community in a bad light, and those of us who aren't like
> that shouldn't tolerate it and allow a few bad apples to ruin our
> reputation.  Linux has come a long way since Linus shared the source
> code for the first kernel online all those years ago.  It grew from a
> hobbyist only OS, the domain exclusive to Nerds, to become a major
> contender against Microsoft's monopoly and suitable for anyone to use.
>  We need to present the Linux Community in a positive light, and to do
> that we need to put a leash on those who might tarnish our good name.
>
> I mean, why would people want to try Linux if its user community whom
> they might turn to for technical help and questions is hostile towards
> newbies?  Think about it.
>
> The Linux Community, especially the Ubuntu User Community needs to
> start policing itself and punish those who are chronic troublemakers.
>
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