[Sderby] Hi everyone

[Adam Armstrong]

Laurence Barlow wrote:
>
>
> Kris Douglas wrote:
>> On 16/10/2007, Adam Armstrong <lists at memetic.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> trimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrimtrim! 
>>>
>>>
>>> Mailing lists are way too hard to follow if people don't trim their
>>> replies! Argh!
>>
>>
>> <SNIPORAMA>
>>
>>
>> HAHA I agree! That's quality
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Trim the pointless footers, otherwise it's impossible to follow.
> 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?
A : Because it breaks the flow of conversation
Q : Why not top post?
> 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.
You write normal emails incorrectly too, then.
> 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.
Hoorah!
> 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.
Oh, that thread. The fanboy 'everyone should bow to my niche 
requirements' thread...
> 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.
You're already on one of those.
> However this probably isn't the best thread to post such things.
Probably not. Nevermind though, eh?

adam.