On 15 December 2011 22:07, Sander Jansen <s.jansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:17 PM, gt <codered12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello folks, i'll probably get flamed for reviving a very controversial, > > yet consistently brought up topic. > > > > I have seen a similar thread last year, and every other day, someone > > points out to someone that top posting is bad. > > > > I was off the list for a while, and now when i came back, the story is > > still the same. > > > > I know top posting is bad, and i too sometimes preach people to avoid > > it. But from what i've seen, most of the times, people don't bother, or > > simply don't know what's wrong. > > > > Instead of having top-posting related mails in every thread, there > > should be a better way out. > > > > I suggest all of the top-posting haters should including one of these > > links or similar in their signatures. > > > > http://idallen.com/topposting.html > > > > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > > > > Also, we can have a forum and mailing list etiquette drive for a few > > days, with mention in the arch linux news, the mailing list, and setting > > it as the topic in the irc channel also. > > > > I know this is probably overkill, but it'll probably inform a lot more > > people about these issues than some stray posts in every other thread. > > > > PS: Since arch is always ahead of the other distros in adopting new > > stuff and bringing about change, let's be the first ones to spread some > > netiquette. > > Perhaps you could do something more useful with your time. For > example, you could write chromium browser plugin that forces > bottom-posting in gmail... > Yeah lets all just spam fuck gmail devs because they won't add a automatic bottom posting feature. Seriously...
