bottom posting

It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life easier.
Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting. I would still
prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll in my preview pane,
but I know you all arent perfect.

Jim

Jim

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:14:32 -0500, Jim <> wrote:

>It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life easier.
>Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting. I would still
>prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll in my preview pane,
>but I know you all arent perfect.
>
>Jim

Were you called Debbie before your sex change ?
--
Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com

Jim Watt

A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting.
Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?






















Jim wrote:

> It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life easier.
> Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting. I would still
> prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll in my preview pane,
> but I know you all arent perfect.
>
> Jim

N1POP

Do what YOU prefer !

Dave



"Jim" <> wrote in message newsaIKb.2887$...
| It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life easier.
| Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting. I would still
| prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll in my preview pane,
| but I know you all arent perfect.
|
| Jim

David H. Lipman

I agree with you, I never have understood the logic behind bottom
posting. However I habitually bottom post where this is expected.

Peter

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:14:32 -0500, Jim <> wrote:

>It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life easier.
>Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting. I would still
>prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll in my preview pane,
>but I know you all arent perfect.
>
>Jim

Peter

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In article <paIKb.2887$>, on Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:14:32 -0500, Jim
<> wrote:

| It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life easier.

Which people would those be?

| Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting. I would still
| prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll in my preview pane,
| but I know you all arent perfect.

Actually those of us who bottom post are perfect:

1/ We have configured our newsreaders correctly so that threads are
easy to follow, people are quoted correctly and are sigs are compliant
with the standard.

2/ We conform to commonly accepted netiquette:

http://www.ptialaska.net/~kmorgan/nquote.html
http://www.zedtoo.demon.co.uk/jcode/basic.html
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.3
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_stv0.htm
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/gey_chr0.htm
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html
http://www.spfc.org/band/faq.html?faq_id=10

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David Postill

"Jim" <> wrote...
> It appears people are going to start top posting to make my life
> easier.

No they ain't.

> Therefore, I am giving up and will start bottom posting.

That can be just as bad if you don't snip sensibly.

> I would still prefer everyone top post so I wouldnt have to scroll
> in my preview pane,

If people quote properly there is no problem.

> but I know you all arent perfect.

This group is better than some.

Ant

"David Postill" <> wrote...

[snip]
> and are sigs are compliant with the standard.

[snip]
> - --

Except when their PGP mangles them!

Ant

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 01:49:32 -0000, Ant wrote:

Would wanting to post please read the following
results from about 1,820,000+ top posting responses found at
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...q=top+posting&
spell=1>
so as not to repeat anyone.

Bit Twister

"Bit Twister" <> wrote...

> Would wanting to post please read the following
> results from about 1,820,000+ top posting responses found at
> <http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=top+posting&spell=1>
> so as not to repeat anyone.

1,920,000 at this moment.

Not sure why you replied to my post, as I quote correctly by replying
to points inline (underneath them), and snipping where appropriate.

When I reply to one whole short message such as this, it looks like
I'm bottom feeding^W posting.

So there

Ant