Re: Top posting vs. bottom posting

[Mike]

.... and you pick up other people fonts.....
doh!

[David]

Carl Farrington wrote:

>
>
> We are fanatic Usenet-readers. As a result we are often annoyed by people
> who keep top-posting.

But people like me who are also fanatics, much prefer top posting, and get very
annoyed by those who persistnatly bottom post when it is clearly inappropriate
and thoughtless

> This is considered as not good 'Net etiquette'.

etiquette is for wankers who want to "put on the dog", and has nothing to do
with good manners, or consideration for others. I top post because it shows
consideration for the reader, except in cases like this where middle posting is
more appropriate

David - who believes that one should use ones intelligence in all things, and
not just blindly follow some wankers idea of what is 'etiquette' - after all,
we all have to grow up some day.and make our own decisions

[Roger Demming]

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 02:10:54 -0500, W4JLE wrote:

<snipped>
>
> Teach my outlook express to bottom post and I might consider it. Otherwise,
> I start typing where Microsoft set my cursor.
>
> How that for "Netiquette"...
>
>
<snipped so I can bottom post...>

Try doing <CTRL><END> simultaneously while you think about engaging your
brain to type... it really doesn't take that long. Failing that ditch the
pile of crap called LookOut Express and use a proper newsreader that will
put the cursor in the right place from the start...

And while I'm at it can all you eejits that use LookOut Express please go
and install 'quotefix" because there is nothing worse than reading quoted
text produced by LookOut Express. That is actually one of its more
serious failings.

[Carl Farrington]

David wrote:
> Carl Farrington wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> We are fanatic Usenet-readers. As a result we are often annoyed by
>> people who keep top-posting.
>
> But people like me who are also fanatics, much prefer top posting,
> and get very annoyed by those who persistnatly bottom post when it is
> clearly inappropriate and thoughtless
>

I wouldn't say I'm a Usenet fanatic. See below.

>> This is considered as not good 'Net etiquette'.
>
> etiquette is for wankers who want to "put on the dog", and has
> nothing to do with good manners, or consideration for others. I top
> post because it shows consideration for the reader, except in cases
> like this where middle posting is more appropriate
>
> David - who believes that one should use ones intelligence in all
> things, and not just blindly follow some wankers idea of what is
> 'etiquette' - after all, we all have to grow up some day.and make our
> own decisions

I just found it made fair sense. Not my words though, it was just a paste
from a page I read a while back:
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

[Don Hatten]

How about cross-posting? I'm willing to bet Net etiquette says something
about that, too. I stripped off the newsgroup addresses that I participate
in....anybody who replies to this post can do the same and maybe that will
kill this thread on all the newsgroups.

Don

"Carl Farrington" <carl@000compsup000.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:c1qi4h$g20$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> I always found this reasonable...
> Definitions:
> Top-posting: Writing the message above the original text, when one replies
> to an email or a post in a newsgroup.
> Bottom-posting: The opposite of top-posting. Now the new message is placed
> below the original text.
>
> We are fanatic Usenet-readers. As a result we are often annoyed by people
> who keep top-posting. This is considered as not good 'Net etiquette'. The
> majority of Usenet-users prefer bottom-posting.

[W4JLE]

If you get this upset over a posting method, how are you going to cope in
the event of real adversity...


"Roger Demming" <spamcop@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:c1sla7$1mnrld$1@ID-47909.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 02:10:54 -0500, W4JLE wrote:
>
> <snipped>
> >
> > Teach my outlook express to bottom post and I might consider it.
Otherwise,
> > I start typing where Microsoft set my cursor.
> >
> > How that for "Netiquette"...
> >
> >
> <snipped so I can bottom post...>
>
> Try doing <CTRL><END> simultaneously while you think about engaging your
> brain to type... it really doesn't take that long. Failing that ditch the
> pile of crap called LookOut Express and use a proper newsreader that will
> put the cursor in the right place from the start...
>
> And while I'm at it can all you eejits that use LookOut Express please go
> and install 'quotefix" because there is nothing worse than reading quoted
> text produced by LookOut Express. That is actually one of its more
> serious failings.

[David]

Good point - maybe a nervous breakdown if he skins his knee?

David

W4JLE wrote:

> If you get this upset over a posting method, how are you going to cope in
> the event of real adversity...
>