Re: top posting

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:54:12 -0500
> Thomas Hart <tomhart(at)coopfed(dot)org> wrote:
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>> I agree. Obviously there is convention, and I will post in the style
>> generally accepted in the list, but to me it always made more sense
>> to top post. If you're keeping up on the conversation, then the
>> relevant information is right there, and if you weren't, it's not
>> that difficult to go through and catch up (it's not like the lines
>> are in reverse order, or the words spelled backwards or something).
>>
>> I have a great deal of respect for you Joshua, and you've helped me
>> out of a jam more than once, but quite frankly, that is a bit snooty
>> lol. Still, there is a convention here, and I can respect that, but
>>
> Well I did say it might be :)
>
>> please don't insult people who see the world in a different direction
>> than you :-)
>>
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> Don't put this one on me :). This is a community thing. AndrewS reply
> aside, if you review the "will" of the community on this you will see
> that top posting is frowned upon.
>
> I will be the first to step up and pick a fight when I think the
> community is being dumb (just read some of my threads ;)) but on this
> one, I have to agree. We should discourage top posting, vehemently if
> needed.
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> Sincerely,
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> Joshua D. Drake
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As I mentioned I agree, and I realize this is a community thing, and the
community is awesome so I can respect their will.

Perhaps we should spend more time working, and spend less time debating
netiquette :-)