From: Jeff Pritchard <jp@...>
Date: 2006-09-04T01:00:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Off topic: What is "top posting" ??

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:03:16AM +0900, darren kirby wrote:
> Jargon Wiki (evolving Jargon File)
> http://ursine.ca/Top-post
... or
>         simply a common-and-garden-variety idiot.
> 


The real problem here is that there is no general agreement over which 
is right.  Forum people, like myself, are annoyed by bottom posting 
(especially with a long quote), and other people are annoyed by top 
posting.  It's not a matter of ettiquite, since there isn't any global 
agreement that one way is "good" and the other is "bad".

I'm niether rude nor a common-and-garden-variety idiot; merely a forum 
user.

Me thinks this issue will not go away as long as there are multiple 
avenues of accessing this cornucopia of knowledge and wisdom.

It could be solved programatically I suppose.  Just create separate text 
entry boxes for the quote and the new content, and then place them 
"backwards" in the email that goes out to the mailing list.

Frankly I find the nuisance of this topic to be slight in comparison to 
the value of the knowledge to be found here.

jp

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