Re: bottom / top posting

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 10:21:00PM +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > I wonder about the tolerance of the world we live in.  Somehow, I can deal with
> > top-posting, bottom-posting, middle-posting, HTML eMail, straight-text eMails,
> > 80-column eMails, variable-width eMails, occasional ALL CAPS eMails, & stupid
> > multi-line signatures, all without getting my tail in a knot over it.
>
> I can deal with it. Especially when I'm paid for it. I think it's a
> waste of my time (but if somebody else pays ...) and it is inefficient,
> as it is very easy to overlook relevant details in that ever-growing
> mess. I never understood why so many people hated e-mail as a
> communication medium. Now I do.
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OK, that was profound. I also wondered why people hate email, and now
also know the answer. I also can't figure out how people can use
streaming chat for complex, multi-day communication since it feels just
like top-posting email.

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