IMHO and WADR I am on four different types of lists.
When I am following a thread I very much appreciate those respondents who
get their point across up front without making me wade through previous
posts which I have already read.
I can understand the concept of bottom posting as a means of easily
generating digests. However, digests don't seem to be an issue on any of the
lists to which I subscribe.
The concept of most lists should be "the free exchange of ideas in the most
efficient manner possible".
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Stark" <stark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Andy Anderson" <aanderson@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Postgres General List"
<pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting
"Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Bottom line: have some respect for your readers. Make it easy to
distinguish what you wrote from the preceding material, and remember
that the only reason you are quoting anything at all is to provide some
context for what you are saying. We don't need to re-read the entire
darn thread.
I don't think the people who top-post or quote the entire message are
doing it
out of disrespect. They just have never been exposed to the traditional
style.
The main reason I posted this was to demonstrate that there's really no
reason
to quote the original message. My response was only to this one point and
not
the longer previous point. I actually think this is a more important point
to
get across than simply "don't top post" which just seems to generate lots
of
"bottom posts" that are just as bad.
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