Re: Responding on top

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:14:15 +1000, John Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

What are you talking about?

In article <4b96cb43.896013453@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Harter
<cri@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Below is yet another example of a fallacious argument against top
posting. The argument presumes that usenet and email messages
have the same natural flow as verbal conversations. This is not
a given. Blogs and other forms of on line social communications
quite wisely reserve this archaic format for special situations
in which there actually is a short sequence of commentary.

How often do we see long passages of quoted material with minor
followup annotations interpolated into the text. Such messages,
all too common on talk.origins, are not effective communication.
There is situations where top posting is appropriate, and
situations where it is not.

What is never appropriate is hectoring based on antediluvian
prejudices.

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:19:22 +0000 (UTC), "Stephen"
<ssansom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ganesh J. Acharya wrote:

Responding on top. With the invention of new mobile gadgets I think it
will be wise responding on top of the messages rather bottom.

Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation.
why?
Top-posting.
What is the most annoying habit in usenet or email msgs?


Just the usual nonsense in favor of the abominable practice of
top-posting.

If you are not actively following a particular thread then it is
absolutely necessary to read information leading up to any particular
reply and top posting makes that will nigh impossible.

And unless you are some sort of obsessive maniac, actively following
every thread here on t.o. is quite out of the question.

Emai is a totally different application, used in a totally different
way and parallels simply do not apply.

So, please, please, please bottom post!!!

.

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  • Re: Responding on top
    ... The argument presumes that usenet and email messages ... There is situations where top posting is appropriate, ... Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation. ... What is the most annoying habit in usenet or email msgs? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Responding on top
    ... The argument presumes that usenet and email messages ... There is situations where top posting is appropriate, ... Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation. ... What is the most annoying habit in usenet or email msgs? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Responding on top
    ... The argument presumes that usenet and email messages ... There is situations where top posting is appropriate, ... Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation. ... What is the most annoying habit in usenet or email msgs? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Responding on top
    ... have the same natural flow as verbal conversations. ... There is situations where top posting is appropriate, ... Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation. ... What is the most annoying habit in usenet or email msgs? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Responding on top
    ... The argument presumes that usenet and email messages ... There is situations where top posting is appropriate, ... Because it reverses the natural flow of the conversation. ... What is the most annoying habit in usenet or email msgs? ...
    (talk.origins)