[Sderby] Hi everyone

[Kris Douglas]

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

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Kris Douglas
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