From: William Crawford Date: 2006-09-01T19:41:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Off topic: What is "top posting" ?? Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 01:13:45PM +0900, Logan Capaldo wrote: >> On Aug 31, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Brad Peek wrote: >> > >> >What is "top posting" and why is it considered bad form? >> >> Responding Like This. >> > What is top posting? >> >> It's confusing and makes it harder to follow a thread. >> > Why is it considered bad form? > > I believe the canonical example goes a little something like this: > > A. It reverses the normal flow of conversation. > Q. Why is it considered bad form? > A. It's posting the answer above the question. > Q. What is top posting? You know, the problem I have with this answer is that in a forum, the first post was posted first... And then the reply was posted, with the first quoted. Before or after, it doesn't really matter, since I read the first post first. So maybe the example should be: ---- Q. What is top posting? Q. Why is it considered bad form? ---- A. It's posting the answer above the question. A. It reverses the normal flow of conversation. > Q. What is top posting? > Q. Why is it considered bad form? ---- It's still slightly confusing, but it's the way top posting really happens. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.