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Title: RE: [PLUG] "top-quoting"
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gabriel rosenkoetter [mailto:gr@eclipsed.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:32 PM
>To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
>Subject: Re: [PLUG] "top-quoting"
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>On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:20:32PM -0400, Matt Ayres wrote:
>> The only reason for Gabe's (rather harsh) reply is to:
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>You've misread my purpose. The reason I harp on this is that
>top-replies are qualitatively less useful for the community.
Top/Bottom replies are like toilet paper. Some like over the top
and other like it to exit from back.
Personally, as long as it does the job, I don't care which way
it is.
>
>I've watched quite a few email conversations go horribly askew,
>including people requesting information that was already presented
>in the reply trail, because there was too much useless information
>there. I've also, far too often, gone through the experience of
>asking someone a series of questions and getting a top-replied
>"Yes" back (or something similar). These are infuriating problems
>that are a direct result of top-replies.
I've had this occur with top/middle/bottom postings, if you only get
a yes, then someone didn't read the questions.
IMO, you should post in the order that was first started. If top
posting was started, then continue, otherwise, then it will really
get out of hand.
George
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