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Personally I don't really care that much which way people post, but as there's a good number of very vocal "bottom posting police" :-) types in the FOSS community that often raise a ruckus when you top post, I generally just try to conform and bottom post in the interests of keeping the peace. :-)
DR
I tend to follow the example of whoever has replied before me. If someone has already top posted, fine, if inline, I do that too. I find top posting to be easier, just because of the cursor already being there, but if I'm reading archives looking for an answer to a question, I don't give 2 damns, as long as an answer exists. I think we've all been online long enough that we've trained ourselves to skim very quickly for just what's relevant. So I guess what I'm trying to say is: Meh, whatever.
-Jason