[arch-general] Quoting of E-mails

[Steve Holmes]

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On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 05:12:31PM +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> Probably because (in my experience at least) top-posting occurs much
> more frequently than "me too" posts at least, probably more frequently
> than improper quoting as well.

And yet when I see the top-posted mails, most of the time I don't need
to read the rest of the previously quoted message - especially if I'm
on a roll and am familiar with the current thread.  I guess if one is
reading for a historical perspective then it makes more sense to put
the reply at the bottom but then I found myself having to read the
history over and over again.  If I addopt bottom posting, I plan then
to delete all but the most recent post to keep thing conscise.
Actually I'm run into *MANY* of these huge long threads in a single
message to have a "Mee to" or "+1" at the bottom  That's why I found
that style to be so inefficient and wasting of my time.

Actually when you think about it, most blogs are all in reverse
chronical order which to me is the same thing as top-posting and
nobody seems to complain about that concept.
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