Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 Hi , > It's SO agravating, having to scan through that which has already > been read to get to the new stuff. FWIW, I too top post now, but I may go back to bottom posting. I run a BBS, and users always bottom post, but these are more dedicated individuals that use an OLR, and compose their replies as if it was a REAL letter with precise formatting, not just quick of the cuff comments. Bottom posting requires care and review of the answer(s) or comment(s) being addressed. So this has been my practice: - Top post for one or two line comments Bottom post for insightful detailed post - with spell checking! -= ß =- _______________________________________________________ Guidelines: http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost Using Agent, Newsgroups reader from www.forteinc.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 At 09:04 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I run a BBS, and users always bottom post, but these are more >dedicated individuals that use an OLR, and compose their replies as if >it was a REAL letter with precise formatting, not just quick of the >cuff comments. > >Bottom posting requires care and review of the answer(s) or comment(s) >being addressed. > >So this has been my practice: - >Top post for one or two line comments >Bottom post for insightful detailed post - with spell checking! > >-= ß =- >_______________________________________________________ >Guidelines: >http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html >http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost Thanks, for your thoughtful reply. I'm sad that we've lost members over the problem, but they wrote me privately that since they get the digest (or pay for downloading, and found the large # of unedited posts with one-line replies overwhelming), the threads were so hard to follow, they decided to split. I particularly like the html-faq page you cite -- it gives the anti-topposting details beautifully. To get off this thread, however, we could talk about topnotes :-) What is your favorite sharp, zingy, yet elegant topnote you like to introduce your blends? Pink grapefruit always works for me :-) Anya http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady © Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 If your post did not appear it is because you did not sign your name. Please read the posting guidelines in the files section if you have any questions. I'll try to remember to remind you all here every 10th post or so that isn't signed. Marilyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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