Along with not trimming, there is the issue of not noticing that you are
posting your answer in an existing line, which is going to start with a
quote character. This makes it very hard to determine where the reply
begins, since it appears to be part of the quoted text.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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What really annoys me about bottom posting is that many perpetrators NEVER
trim the post. I agree that keeping at least the previous answer when you
reply is necessary, but sometimes replies are so far down the page I just
refuse to scroll down to read the answer.
Top posting a simple answer to a simple question seems to work really well
in here where most users top post.
Terry Farrell
"Twayne" wrote in message
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In ,
Dave Symes typed:
In article ,
Tom Willett wrote:
[Snippy]
The bottom line is, who really cares? Except maybe those
who chastise others for top posting ;-)
Top posting is a heinous crime, for which you should be
flogged around the fleet.
On some sites. But here the concensus seems to be that it doesn't matter.
I bottom post unless there is already a top post; then I top post to keep
it all aligned.
It's a silly thing for anyone to argue about or even debate, actually.
Netiquette & most gurus believe in the trim & inline, then bottom if no
inline. Personally I couldn't care which. I stay out of trouble by
simply using what the concensus is. Oh, and ignoring dummies who troll to
make an arguement out of it.
I agree - who really cares?
HTH,
Twayne`
Dave
And no emoticon get-out, it's a serious business y'know.
:-\~