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

[Roger Greenwood]

So far no one seems to have spelled out the advantages of top posting, which I 
see as :-

1. Most of the world seems to do it that way already (like it or not) out of 
lazyness/default mail program (as was pointed out already). The exceptions 
seem to be techie groups like this.

2. You can read the reply immediately without scrolling - my finger hovers 
over the delete key when reading mail. If you have to read the whole message 
again to remember the context then go ahead - scroll.

3. More usable on mobile devices - I don't want to download the whole 10k 
message to read a 10 word sentance (and yes HTML/XML bloat messages make this 
much worse, but we can save that argument for another day).

If the reply is more than a sentance, or to multiple points then I agree with 
many others - snip away.

Roger Greenwood

p.s. I will of course agree with the majority, provided it does not clash with 
my list of those who must be obeyed :-

1. wife
2. kids
3. bank manager
4. god
5. boss
6. list members



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