Re: Top posting (was: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas)

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 23:23 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 12:33 AM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > On 24/11/2021 01:31, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote:
> > > Change policy about discouraging top posting and convert it to
> > encouraging
> > > top posting
> >
> > Please, don't.
> >
> >
> As I said ,
>
> (1) persons tracking messages continuously do not need to read the same
> texts many times
>

[ plus more explanation....]

One part you're forgetting is trimming what you're quoting to avoid exactly
what you're pointing out.


(4) I am a subscriber of many mailing lists .


This is precisely where in my opinion bottom posting shines: if done
properly, I have context immediately without having to first scroll past
the new message and then back up. I find it much more natural than top
posting.

Regards
Michael

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