<p dir="ltr">I suppose I'm one of the few people that remember the content of threads by subject and easily catch up...</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm also on my phone 99% of the time time and the way Gmail lays out emails makes top-posting beneficial to me. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 29, 2012 8:57 PM, "Richard Kenner" <<a href="mailto:kenner@gnat.com">kenner@gnat.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> I realize the benefits of bottom-posting, especially when posting<br>
> inline. But top-posting keeps things in reverse chronological order<br>
> so any reader could catch up quickly on any missed messages in the<br>
> chain. A new reader scrolls to the bottom and reads up.<br>
<br>
What's there to "catch up with" if you don't first read what the person<br>
is replying to? Do you think that everybody remembers every thread.<br>
Of what value is it to see something like "No, that didn't work." *before*<br>
a description of what it was that didn't work.<br>
<br>
When people reply to an email, it's their responsibility, whether they<br>
top-post or bottom-post to remove unnecessary old message and keep just<br>
what's necessary to understand the email.<br>
<br>
One of the problems with top-posting is that it makes it easier to forget<br>
to do this.<br>
<br>
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