On 07/05/13 04:15, Craig James wrote: > Just out of curiousity, I see comments like this all the time: > >> (*please* stop top-posting). So people can... > 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. ...dissect... > 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. ...and comment... > 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. ..where appropriate and... > How did the Postgres newsgroups get started with this "only bottom post" > idea? ---------------SNIP--------------- ...*snip* where appropriate. I actually prefer it as it linear in reference to time. I top post for FWD. Regards, Jules. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
