Re: [Phys-l] Top-Posting

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

There are a coupala lists wherein most top post and quote everyone's post!    So one doesn't need to refer to distant posts in the inbox. (joke)

I thank Lucifer they top post.


I think I'm the only one who selects only a sentence or paragraph from the relevant previous post to quote

bc has a friend who often doesn't quote requiring a search in the inbox.



On 2011, Jan 28, , at 10:45, Josh Gates wrote:

> > Actually, it isn't top-posting (though it may be close.)   It's quoting   an entire digest in a reply.  
>
> > (I suppose you could argue that's the worst-case scenario of   top-posting...)
>
> > David Craig
>
> Actually, I'd say that it's helpful to do that, but only if you're top posting!  If you top post, then the history is (potentially) informative.  If you bottom post, then it's (in principle) informative, but definitely cumbersome to scroll through.
>
> jg