On 2010-10-21, at 6:24 PM, Michael Shadle <mike503@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. >> however, when you're working with programmers, i think the expectation is >> more than reasonable as well the rationale behind it being understood. >> top-posting is also useful for trivial communications where only 1 or 2 >> replies will ever be sent. however, 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" > >> there 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 > Stop bottom feeding the trolls! Bastien -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
