OT re top-posting. was Re: Firefox and NoScript??

[Ryan Gauger]

On 12/14/2012 04:26 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2012-12-14 15:12 (GMT-0600) Ryan Gauger composed:
>
>> I don't really see the use of trimming messages...
>
> It's not much of a benefit to the writer, but mostly to his readers, 
> particularly including the archive searcher/reader combing for a 
> useful shred among the mass of search results and useless quoted 
> quoted quoted footer quotes. It provides a better sense of why and 
> about what the writer is writing, as well as reduces the noise level, 
> and the next/previous time in the archives. It's polite, a right and 
> unlazy thing to do.
Oh, okay. I thought it was a benefit to the writer.