[asterisk-users] Top Posting

[Logan Bibby]

I suppose I'm one of the few people that remember the content of threads by
subject and easily catch up...

I'm also on my phone 99% of the time time and the way Gmail lays out emails
makes top-posting beneficial to me.
On Dec 29, 2012 8:57 PM, "Richard Kenner" <kenner at gnat.com> wrote:

> > I realize the benefits of bottom-posting, especially when posting
> > inline. But top-posting keeps things in reverse chronological order
> > so any reader could catch up quickly on any missed messages in the
> > chain. A new reader scrolls to the bottom and reads up.
>
> What's there to "catch up with" if you don't first read what the person
> is replying to?  Do you think that everybody remembers every thread.
> Of what value is it to see something like "No, that didn't work." *before*
> a description of what it was that didn't work.
>
> When people reply to an email, it's their responsibility, whether they
> top-post or bottom-post to remove unnecessary old message and keep just
> what's necessary to understand the email.
>
> One of the problems with top-posting is that it makes it easier to forget
> to do this.
>
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