[Wylug-discuss] List Etiquette: Top Posting vs. Bottom Posting

[Mark P. Conmy]

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Dave Fisher wrote:
> 
> I'm not that comfortable about intervening in a private dialogue, but I
> think that the exchange between John and Mark provides two 'proofs' for
> my assertion that mixed mode posting is a disaster:
>
>  1. It _is_ objectively hard to follow a 'discussion' when people
>  constantly switch modes.
>
>  2. wylug-discuss is supposed to be a discussion-based mailing list,
>  which doesn't work so well when people treat it as if it were
>  person-to-person email.
>
>  ... it may be mildly amusing, but it isn't much use as the discussion
>  forum for a colective self-help group.

Erm, I don't conduct "private dialogue"s on a (semi-)public list.  I
would also say (in case it's in part directed at me) that I'm not
treating it as if it were person-to-person-email.

I was just trying to contribute to a group discussion.

Mark