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Posted by Mark Parnell on 06/09/06 03:42
Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Ed Mulroy
<dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket> declared in alt.html:
>> BTW: Please don't post upside down.
>
> I don't. That's why I post at the top.
A: Top-posting.
Q: What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?
To put it another way:
open the front cover and begin reading there?
the back cover and end up at the front or do you
chapter one or do you start somewhere near
When reading a book, do you start at
> News groups are threaded trees of messages. Those viewing read through
> messages as presented in those trees.
Sometimes. If the previous messages are even on their news server.
> What
> they do need is to see the message without needing to press PgDn.
Which is why you trim unnecessary quotes, only quoting the minimum
required to give context. Much of the time you already do this, you just
quote the entire post again underneath.
> . Ed - top posting for 21 years, no plans to change
You'll find that many of the most knowledgeable members of the group
will quickly learn to ignore your posts if you continue to top-post.
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Mark Parnell
My Usenet is improved; yours could be too:
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
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