On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i've found top-posting to be useful in the corporate environment where the > people i'm working with are too ignorant to understand the rationale. > Âhowever, when you're working with programmers, i think the expectation is > more than reasonable as well the rationale behind it being understood. > Âtop-posting is also useful for trivial communications where only 1 or 2 > replies will ever be sent. Âhowever, in long running complicated threads it > quickly results in replies that are difficult to follow, specifically b/c it > becomes non-trivial to correlate which portion of the previous message the > author was addressing; at the very least, it introduces ambiguity. > and more to the topic of this thread, the degradation of the communication > here is a great example of another reason i've stopped being so active. i agree, truly discussing something that is against your opinion should definitely be considered "degradation" > Âthere are standards established by the list, if you can't follow them, > maybe you belong on the sidelines as an observer. yes, certainly people who do not have the patience to wait until they're home on a more formal PC in an increasing age of mobile do not belong in any discussions online. so while that audience is growing, their influence should be reduced. great math there. furthermore, i find this usage of the term "standards" is quite amusing. assigning a "standard" to a freeform discussion capability should be a farce, especially when you can't even consider web development RFCs "standards" when different browsers implement them different ways. perhaps you should just unsubscribe then, if this list is introducing so much more effort into your day to read. note, that i take the time to bottom-post and clean up emails when i have time, but if i don't, i don't. people discuss things for discussion, they don't discuss things because they care how it is placed. that's like getting a present and whining about the wrapping paper. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
