OT: Speaking of "top posting"
#91
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
"Tomes" <XXtomanml@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Yeah, but if you top post trimming the length does not really matter
because
> one reads the top and then moves on to the nest post, no problem.
>
> > Whether you choose to top-post or bottom-post is not nearly so important
as
> > taking a few seconds to TRIM DOWN THE FREAKING QUOTE. Nobody wants to
see
> > several days' worth of quoted material in every post in a thread.
Uh yeah it DOES matter to the folks that AREN'T using a reader that defaults
to scrolling to the bottom of a message.
news:BGvtd.10682$714.4848@newsread2.news.atl.earth link.net...
> Yeah, but if you top post trimming the length does not really matter
because
> one reads the top and then moves on to the nest post, no problem.
>
> > Whether you choose to top-post or bottom-post is not nearly so important
as
> > taking a few seconds to TRIM DOWN THE FREAKING QUOTE. Nobody wants to
see
> > several days' worth of quoted material in every post in a thread.
Uh yeah it DOES matter to the folks that AREN'T using a reader that defaults
to scrolling to the bottom of a message.
#92
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
Top posting is great, but PLEASE SNIP! I hate long threads where people
quote the whole thing every post, and gets several pages long for one
message.
B
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Brian Heller
It is easier to tame wild beasts
than to conquer the human mind.
quote the whole thing every post, and gets several pages long for one
message.
B
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Brian Heller
It is easier to tame wild beasts
than to conquer the human mind.
#93
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
Top posting is great, but PLEASE SNIP! I hate long threads where people
quote the whole thing every post, and gets several pages long for one
message.
B
--
Brian Heller
It is easier to tame wild beasts
than to conquer the human mind.
quote the whole thing every post, and gets several pages long for one
message.
B
--
Brian Heller
It is easier to tame wild beasts
than to conquer the human mind.
#94
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
Top posting is great, but PLEASE SNIP! I hate long threads where people
quote the whole thing every post, and gets several pages long for one
message.
B
--
Brian Heller
It is easier to tame wild beasts
than to conquer the human mind.
quote the whole thing every post, and gets several pages long for one
message.
B
--
Brian Heller
It is easier to tame wild beasts
than to conquer the human mind.
#95
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
The proper method is courtesy and common sense. If you lurk in a
group for a while, you'll quickly notice those where top and or
bottom posting is a religion, where it is merely the norm, or where
random posting is more the trend. Basically if you are following
up where someone else has already top posted, it is rude to bottom
post and versa vice, In My Non Humble Opinion.
JimG proclaimed:
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method? I have always like the "top post" method so I don't have
> to scroll down through junk I have already read, plus I will strip
> un-necessary junk.
>
#96
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
The proper method is courtesy and common sense. If you lurk in a
group for a while, you'll quickly notice those where top and or
bottom posting is a religion, where it is merely the norm, or where
random posting is more the trend. Basically if you are following
up where someone else has already top posted, it is rude to bottom
post and versa vice, In My Non Humble Opinion.
JimG proclaimed:
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method? I have always like the "top post" method so I don't have
> to scroll down through junk I have already read, plus I will strip
> un-necessary junk.
>
#97
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
The proper method is courtesy and common sense. If you lurk in a
group for a while, you'll quickly notice those where top and or
bottom posting is a religion, where it is merely the norm, or where
random posting is more the trend. Basically if you are following
up where someone else has already top posted, it is rude to bottom
post and versa vice, In My Non Humble Opinion.
JimG proclaimed:
> I go to another NG on occasion to discuss another passion of mine, and was
> scolded for "top posting". That's the way I post here as do most. What's
> the proper method? I have always like the "top post" method so I don't have
> to scroll down through junk I have already read, plus I will strip
> un-necessary junk.
>
#98
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
... its *always* September now.
Steve proclaimed:
> Usenet, with it's convention of interleaved bottom posting, was well
> established in universities and research facilities by the time BBSs
> became popular with home hobbyists in the early 80s. Bottom posting was
> the defacto Internet standard until PC users invaded en-masse with their
> nasty BBS top posting habits.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
>> I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
>> 'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
>> that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
>> made up their own way.
>>
>> I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
>> do it.
>>
>> Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
>> proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
>> post.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Steve proclaimed:
> Usenet, with it's convention of interleaved bottom posting, was well
> established in universities and research facilities by the time BBSs
> became popular with home hobbyists in the early 80s. Bottom posting was
> the defacto Internet standard until PC users invaded en-masse with their
> nasty BBS top posting habits.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
>> I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
>> 'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
>> that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
>> made up their own way.
>>
>> I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
>> do it.
>>
>> Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
>> proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
>> post.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
#99
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
... its *always* September now.
Steve proclaimed:
> Usenet, with it's convention of interleaved bottom posting, was well
> established in universities and research facilities by the time BBSs
> became popular with home hobbyists in the early 80s. Bottom posting was
> the defacto Internet standard until PC users invaded en-masse with their
> nasty BBS top posting habits.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
>> I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
>> 'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
>> that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
>> made up their own way.
>>
>> I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
>> do it.
>>
>> Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
>> proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
>> post.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Steve proclaimed:
> Usenet, with it's convention of interleaved bottom posting, was well
> established in universities and research facilities by the time BBSs
> became popular with home hobbyists in the early 80s. Bottom posting was
> the defacto Internet standard until PC users invaded en-masse with their
> nasty BBS top posting habits.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
>> I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
>> 'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
>> that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
>> made up their own way.
>>
>> I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
>> do it.
>>
>> Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
>> proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
>> post.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
#100
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Re: OT: Speaking of "top posting"
... its *always* September now.
Steve proclaimed:
> Usenet, with it's convention of interleaved bottom posting, was well
> established in universities and research facilities by the time BBSs
> became popular with home hobbyists in the early 80s. Bottom posting was
> the defacto Internet standard until PC users invaded en-masse with their
> nasty BBS top posting habits.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
>> I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
>> 'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
>> that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
>> made up their own way.
>>
>> I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
>> do it.
>>
>> Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
>> proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
>> post.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Steve proclaimed:
> Usenet, with it's convention of interleaved bottom posting, was well
> established in universities and research facilities by the time BBSs
> became popular with home hobbyists in the early 80s. Bottom posting was
> the defacto Internet standard until PC users invaded en-masse with their
> nasty BBS top posting habits.
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
>> I come from the BBS days and top posting was the way to go. I think the
>> 'old timers' you are talking about were really just internet 'newbies'
>> that jumped on the band wagon so they missed the pre internet days and
>> made up their own way.
>>
>> I think that is one reason there are two schools for the 'proper' way to
>> do it.
>>
>> Even take the commercial newsreaders like Netscape, they default to
>> proper top posting, you have to muck around with settings to bottom
>> post.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's