12 Jun
2006
12 Jun
'06
5:59 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 09:55:00AM -0700, Marvin Johnston wrote:
Top posting does NOT foul up the order people normally read text since prior
messages have all the details and makes it far easier to follow the flow of an
online conversation. If someone has a faulty memory, then the memory joggers can
be found in the text below the post.
The whole point of proper quoting is so that people who do NOT have
access to the prior messages can follow the conversation.
I get far more annoyed at:
1) long posts with one liners inserted someplace.
2) not trimming out parts of a message not being responded to.
3) not changing the subject line to reflect the content.
4) not putting a space between the portion of the message being responded to,
and the comments.
These are people who don't quote properly. Don't damn quoting just
because some people don't do it eloquently.
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