[ale] agree with Jim

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I agree with "Jim Popovitch" <jimpop at yahoo.com> and George.
I am wondering, what types of systems are out there that are *very* 
inconvienient when we don't snip or post at the bottom. 
It seems like my version of Linux/system is better than most - even when it 
comes to deleting. :)

Drew

On Friday 16 May 2003 03:20 pm, George Carless wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2003, Jason Day wrote:
> > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 03:48:29PM -0400, Fulton Green wrote:
> > > <rant subject="OT">
> > > Yeah, I know, I replied in "top-post" style.  What exactly were the
> > > objections to this?
> > > </rant>
> >
> > As I said before:
> >
> > A: Top posters.
> > Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
>
> This is a rather silly way of looking at things, though, IMHO.  I think
> that when one is replying to *specific* things then it's sensible and
> useful to bottom-post; however, when one is providing a more general
> reply, it's far more convenient -- and legible -- to top-post.  This
> becomes increasingly true as people reply to other people's replies:
> adhering to a strict doctrine of bottom-posting simply leads to a garbled
> mess, especially when people use different mechanisms for quoting others'
> emails, etc.
>
> Top-posting also allows a nice stack view of a discussion, letting readers
> see at-a-glance what the most recent thoughts on a subject are.
>
> Of course, when one is replying directly to a particular statement I would
> tend to agree that bottom-posting is the preferred method.  But then, I
> also always try to snip redundant content -- although I don't generally
> consider it necessary to mark it as "[snipped]" unless I'm taking
> something out from the middle of a conversation, in which case context
> needs to be preserved.
>
> --George
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