[Tfug] top/bottom and middle posting

[Tyler Nienhouse]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 17:22, Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name> wrote:

> I am not a stickler for top or bottom posting but when there is a mix it
> makes posts almost impossible to follow. Netiquette dictates fairly bluntly
> that bottom posting is how one should reply to a post. While I recognize
> that almost every windows email program in the world top posts, it is not
> all that tough to scroll to the bottom to type in a response. This is a
> local group so we may have our own conventions but we really ought to have
> some consistent means of doing this. I vote for bottom posting because I
> think the Netiquette folks are right on this one. What do you all think?
>
> BTW: I have seen this topic boil into a raging flame war. I really do not
> want that to happen here. It is not dogma it is convention.
>
> --
> Sometimes I wonder.  Were our faith able to stand upright and look around,
> would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the
> height and breadth of it.
>
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I'd say bottom posting is the way to go because it is most logical. Like
adding onto the conversation like in most instant messaging programs.
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