| From: | "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Leif B(dot) Kristensen" <leif(at)solumslekt(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: top posting (was: Hijack!) |
| Date: | 2007-12-11 18:00:00 |
| Message-ID: | dcc563d10712111000w24e1dcb3m56f72fd857628f@mail.gmail.com |
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On Dec 11, 2007 11:41 AM, Leif B. Kristensen <leif(at)solumslekt(dot)org> wrote:
>
> It certainly isn't a crime. But it's a bit like thread hijacking in the
> sense that a well-formed inline posting is more likely to attract
> intelligent replies. I don't think that I'm the only one who tends to
> skip top posting replies on mailing lists.
You're certainly not. I can't tell you how many times I've carefully
replied to someone with inline quoting, only to get some top post
response. I then ask them politely not to top post, fix the format,
reply, and get another top post reponse.
At that point I just move on to the next thread.
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