Re: Top posting

From: Hal Vaughan (hal_at_thresholddigital.com)
Date: 06/09/05

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    On Thursday 09 June 2005 12:55 pm, David Jardine wrote:
    > be getting out of hand :)
    > us a lecture on top posting sometime soon? It seems to
    > Isn't some authoritative voice on the list going to give
    >

    I can understand this bothers you, since many people consider it a point of
    courtesy. After all, the whole purpose of responding in-line or after
    another post is to make it easier to understand each other and to communicate
    within an accepted set of rules that makes it easier for ALL of us to
    understand each post.

    With that being said, and realizing that with a .de domain, you are probably
    using English as a second language, one could ask that you make an effort to
    use proper style, such as writing in complete sentences, capitalizing the
    beginning of your sentences, and completing your sentences. After all, such
    practices are standard in German as well as English, so it would be
    appropriate to follow such rules in order to make it easier for all of us to
    understand what you are saying.

    My point (with all do respect and no insult intended): You may not like top
    posting, but all of us on the 'net, even in technical groups like this, are
    dealing more and more with newcomers to the Internet. We can try to educate
    them, but things are changing. Maybe instead of judging others and expecting
    everyone to conform, we should *ALL* keep an open mind, otherwise we might
    find others are being as judgemental of us as we are of others.

    Hal 

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