> Just out of curiousity, I see comments like this all the time: > >> (*please* stop top-posting). > > I've been participating in newsgroups since UUCP days, and I've never > encountered a group before that encouraged bottom posting. Bottom posting > has traditionally been considered rude -- it forces readers to scroll, > often through pages and pages of text, to see a few lines of original > material. > > The most efficient strategy, one that respects other members' time, is to > briefly summarize your point at the TOP of a posting, then to *briefly* > quote only the relevant parts of the post to which you are replying, and > bottom-post after the quoted text. That lets your reader quickly see if > it's relevant or not, and move on to the next post. > > Contributors in these newsgroups seem to think it's OK to quote five pages > of someone else's response, then add one or two sentences at the bottom > ... > it's just laziness that forces readers to wade through the same stuff over > and over in each thread. > > How did the Postgres newsgroups get started with this "only bottom post" > idea? > > (I'm not trying to start a flame war, just genuinely curious.) > Prefer a brief note of what this issue, to follow in him. And not I have to go elsewhere to find out whether or not interest me the news, avoid to nuisance. Saludos, Gilberto Castillo La Habana, Cuba
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