From: Mark Wilden <mark@...>
Date: 2008-05-28T06:36:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Top-posting

On May 27, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Francis Burton wrote:

>> These guidelines are not commonly accepted.
>
> Maybe not in toto, but the bit about bottom posting is!

That's just an assertion, Francis, and frankly, it's formed the basis  
of most of the arguments I've heard so far, all of which seem to boil  
down to "you should do it because the people who say you should do say  
you should do it." There's been precious little discussion of -why-,  
other than to pretend that a newsgroup post is like a conversation.

> The frowning upon follow-ups to your own post seems unjustified
> too - addenda, corrections and retractions are entirely reasonable.

Agreed. Things have changed since 1995. Just because one person issued  
a request for comment 13 years ago does not make careve it carve it in  
stone.

///ark