[nflug] for the top posters
Eric
eric at bootz.us
Mon Aug 25 03:57:15 EDT 2008
I'm a Top-Poster simply because I can remember what other people were
talking about when they reply to me and want to see the next part of the
conversation first... don't need to re-read everything.
Cyber Source wrote:
> Q: (original) This is probably your text, but we'll make you read this
> first anyway, just in case you forgot what you typed initially.
> A: (reply) OK, now that I've refreshed myself in what was originally
> said, I can read your reply now, good thing I have a scroll wheel.....
>
> <snip>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> <snip>
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Bottom posts confuse people who are used to instant messaging ....I was
thinking of writing a program that would allow people to left-side post,
but that would break the 80 character rule, oh well.
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