Sam: On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 6:20 PM Sam Gendler <sgendler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It could probably be argued that the prohibition was more relevant in the days before 99% of users read their email via clients which hide quoted content unless it is explicitly expanded. Arguably, smarter digesting software which strips out unnecessary quotations of earlier posts from beneath top-posted content would be a more effective solution now that it is no longer common netiquette (nor all that necessary) to avoid top posting. I, personally, do not have a problem with the space, I use a 4k, gmail collapses it AND stopping reading things like unnecessarily quoted messages, signatures and CO2 emitting eco recomendations to avoid printing as become nearly automatic. My problem is I can understand a message like yours in 5-10 seconds, properly scanning a top posted one takes much longer. So normally I stop reading at the quote and discard the message if I have not understood with what I have read UNLESS it's from my mother or I'm been paid to read it. I find top-posting moderately offensive, like saying "I am not going to waste time to make your reading experience better". Francisco Olarte.
