[Tfug] Netiquette police: top-posting

[Jim Secan]

At 11:50 AM 11/3/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Claude Rubinson" <rubinson at u.arizona.edu>
>> Not directed at anyone in particular but there's been a rash of people
>> top-posting lately.  It's really annoying.
<snip>

>Generally I thought the top-posting rule only applied to Usenet elitists, 
>who couldn't be bothered to learn to read things as people presented them,
<snip>

I tend to not top-post, but sometimes I do because it makes more sense
(although I always make sure I'm not retaining unnecessary quoted text).  I
don't like hard-and-fast rules, but I would rather see answers posted below
questions and DEFINITELY want to see unnecessary quoted verbiage removed.
Top-posting tends to make people lazy - they just hit the "reply" button
and start replying, which can lead to enourmously long e-mails.  I've been
"neting" long enough that I have a strong urge to conserve bandwidth, even
if it's silly to worry about a few 100+ line e-mails these days.  However,
conservation, like charity, begins at home.

Jim
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