A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? :) (I bet a bunch of other people wanted to do that.) On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 02:29:16PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html > > I'm not sure > > > > > What about using a consistent style, at least for one given ML? > > arch-general is really painful to read sometimes. > > what you're talking about. > > > > > Thanks! > > You must be crazy > -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Angel: You've never done this before. Look, it takes tremendous strength -- mental strength. Wesley: Resistence to suggestion. Yes, I understand that. I like to think of myself as possessing a certain... Angel: Wesley, you don't even have sales resistance. How many thigh masters do you own? Wesley: The second one was a free gift with my Buns of Steel.