top posting (off-topic)
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Fri Nov 23 09:03:14 PST 2007
Bart Silverstrim writes:
> You're right in that top posting is a savings in effort.
I disagree. It's not a savings, it's a transfer - moves the
work from the poster to the reader. Make that "readers", because
/every single reader/ has been imposed on to expend the effort.
Looked at that way, it could be seen as not just lazy and
stupid but outright hostile.
Robert Huff
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