<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 17/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Laurence Barlow</b> <<a href="mailto:laurencebarlow@bulldoghome.com">laurencebarlow@bulldoghome.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>Kris Douglas wrote:<br>> On 16/10/2007, Adam Armstrong <<a href="mailto:lists@memetic.org">lists@memetic.org</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> trimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrim!
<br>>><br>>> Mailing lists are way too hard to follow if people don't trim their<br>>> replies! Argh!<br>><br>><br>> <SNIPORAMA><br>><br>><br>> HAHA I agree! That's quality
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</a><br>> wiki: <a href="http://www.sderby.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl">http://www.sderby.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl</a><br>> Join us on IRC: <a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk">irc.lug.org.uk</a> #sderby<br><br>Do you not think it would be more productive to explain why not to top
<br>post and why to trim the replies rather than just passing comments like<br>the above?<br><br>Personally I'm very new to mailing lists, and as such just treat them<br>like normal emails, within my emails I always top post because I'm
<br>following the conversation and it saves scrolling.<br><br>Only today when I spoke to a friend of mine who is also a member of this<br>mailing list and many others the reasons why not to top post and to trim<br>my replies that I now understand the reasons behind it.
<br><br>The state of this mailing just keeps going down hill, you can't post an<br>opinion without someone getting on there high horse, turning a perfectly<br>good thread into a flame war. It happened only a few months ago, within
<br>the "BBC iplayer petition" thread, at that point I lost most my intreast<br>in this group. However with new members I'd like to see this group<br>become more active.<br><br>I will openly apologise for upsetting people dramatically by top posting
<br>and not trimming replies, however you could have at least explained why,<br>or even posted a "mailing list of idiots" link.<br><br>However this probably isn't the best thread to post such things.<br><br>
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</a><br>Join us on IRC: <a href="http://irc.lug.org.uk">irc.lug.org.uk</a> #sderby<br></blockquote></div><br>I dont like top-posters. I am aware of the regulations on mailing lists :) Many a conversation has passed.<br clear="all">
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