Re: TOPPOSTING (was Suse 9.0 or 9.1)
From: Tim Kynerd (jxd194702_at_sneakemail.com)
Date: 05/01/04
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Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 22:46:20 +0200
On Sat, 01 May 2004 19:43:14 +0000, Tom Emerson wrote:
> As I was reading all these back-and-forth responses on why "top" posting
> is bad vs. "it's a free internet, people can do as they please", it
> suddenly dawned on me: this is a freakin' NEWS group, meaning that all
> articles are ARCHIVED AND EASILY RETRIEVABLE, so why bother including
> ANY previously written text? top, bottom, or in between.
Because often it's easier to understand a response if you can also see the
question at the same time. Imagine if I had written that sentence without
your quoted text. It would be hard to understand what I was even talking
about.
That's one good reason to quote.
> Want to know the context of a reply? back up one article and read it!
You're assuming that Usenet propagates all articles to all servers in the
same order, which isn't the case.
That's another good reason to quote.
> Most people have "gui" interfaces
> of one sort or another, so it should be possible to open BOTH the
> original question AND the response in a separate window -- then you can
> read them side-by-side [wow, I just invented SIDE posting -- what a
> concept :) ]
Lots of people still use text-based newsreaders.
That's a third good reason to quote.
> (ok, maybe this is slightly sarcastic, but I still submit not-quoting at
> all is a valid point for BBS/NEWS based discussions -- mailing lists in
> general as well, but some lists aren't archived and/or there is little
> guarantee the recipient keeps all copies of a thread...)
Actually, mailing list propagation is much more reliable than Usenet
propagation, so I think the argument for quoting is weaker for mailing
lists than for Usenet.
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