On Sun, 2014-05-18 at 00:29 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am 17.05.2014 23:22, schrieb Always Learning:
> >
> > Top posting ALWAYS makes sense when the poster has included nearly 200
> > lines of redundant and time-wasting waffle from previous posters.
>
> False argument.
I am against TOP POSTING. But I write truthfully that it does make sense
when the person, who incorporates 200 lines of redundant text in their
reply, posts.
I am responding to reality. Leider das "reality is not always perfect".
> Top-posting is nearly always combined with fully quoting the previous
> mailing. That is bsolutely unnecessary on a mailinglist and even a waste
> of resources.
>
> Strip off redundant content!
I wholly agree.
> > Scrolling down - all the way down - to read a few words is time wasting
> > and irritating.
>
> Then why not just erasing all the rubbish you don't care about?
I do with my postings.
> > Until posters ruthlessly exclude all redundant material, top posting
> > makes sense because it is the fastest and most efficient method of
> > conveying a response to others on the mail list.
>
> No, it just demonstrates that you as the top-poster and full quoter are
> not caring for the previous communication and not caring enough for a
> sane readable thread. If the top-poster just cares for his quick and
> "easy" action, then why does he reply at all?
I am not a "top" poster. I am an "insert" poster.
> > There is an art to replying intelligently to a previous posting -
> > interspersing replies to the previous poster's comments BUT ALWAYS
> > EXCLUDING SURPLUS TEXT.
>
> full ack!
Wunderbar :-)
> Have you ever searched for something in a mailing list archive and then
> stumbled about a thread where proper quoting and stripping the context
> is wildly mixed with top-poster and full-quoter messages? It is a mess
> to find the helpful arguments and content.
I have experienced the same difficulties.
Mfg,
Paul.
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