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Can't speak for anybody else, but I top post so that those that have already
read the previous messages can easily see my response, it's right there at the top. For those that need to be brought up to speed, (generally a minority), they can scroll down to read the previous messages, which are included intact (usually) so they can see everything in each message in it's proper context. What amazes me is how bent out of shape some people get over top-posting. It's a matter of preference, what you like vs. what I like. Just like the people who can't/won't use proper, grammatically correct English (I'm speaking of those with English as their native language here), including proper capitalization and punctuation. It annoys me to read these posts, but I'm not going to make a big flaming war out of it. I don't insist on perfection from others, as I'm not perfect myself. Nor do I expect others to conform to my personal standards. It just isn't that big a deal. M "James Robinson" wrote in message ... ShawnD2112 wrote: I've never understood why top posting is seen as such an evil thing. What am I missing? Two reasons: One, as a thread progresses, a mix of top and bottom posting becomes confusing when someone wants to look back through the quoted material. Since most posters to newsgroups bottom post, that is the de facto standard method. Email users typically top post, so that becomes the standard for email. Two, top posters often quote the entire text below their reply without editing it. That makes the replies longer than they need to be. You often see a one line "me too" post, followed by several hundred lines of quote. Bottom posters seem to be more into the habit of quoting only what is necessary to retain continuity, so it keeps the length of the posts under control. |
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