Re: [b] --This is interesting

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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004, John Walker wrote:

> Sam Jones wrote:
> 
> >>Sorry for the top posting
> 
> >Don't submit to Him, you fool.  Punch Him in the face.
> 
> I seem to remember some sort of epic battle a few years back, in which 
> the bottom-posters won.
> 
> There was lots of linking to huge long essays on why bottom posting was 
> best.
> 
> And anyway, it only makes sense - we read from top to bottom, expecting 
> events to occur in that order. It's just lazy and rude to top post, and 
> makes deciphering the rubbish being written more of a chore than it 
> usually is.
> 

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?


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