On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 08:25:25PM +0200, Szymon Guz wrote: > That's strange. I've never met any newsgroup which would require top > posting. Top posting has always been considered rude. > > We are reading from top to bottom. That's why people should answer below > cited text, so we can read it later normally. I mean that I should read > first the part of email you answer to, and than below your answer. i find bottom posting to be moderately more annoying than top posting. top posters are basically: i'm too lazy to spend any time editting, so i'll just toss my comments at the top, because my time is more important than anyone else's. bottom posters are basically: i'm too lazy to remove irrelevant content, but, just to be pedantic, i'll add my comments to the bottom. personally, i'll read top posts, and be a bit irritated. bottom posts, i'll generally skip because the author obviously doesn't value their own words. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx +1 416 410-5633 "He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead" -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
