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Article #35Re: Learn how to post -- top post
From: rwh.johnson
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:51
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:51
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On Oct 18, 1:35 pm, Steve Hall <sha...@canada.com> wrote: > "Frank F. Matthews" <matthews...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > >For the most part your points either have little connection to the > >posting location or appear to recommend top posting. > > >Richard Bonner wrote: > > >> *** You have forgotten the following points: > > >> 1/ Posts don't always arrive in order from all servers to all other > >> servers. > > >No apparent connection. > > >> 2/ In a thread with multiple subjects and multiple posters, one must > >> scroll down to see to what the comment refers. If the quotes are not > >> trimmed, one can not always be sure to which point the top-posted > >> comments belong. > > >Perhaps. However the comment usually refers to the last post which is > >immediately below the comment > > <excess trimmed> > > Oddly, you seem to be recommending top posting, yet your interspersed > comments are BELOW the points you are commenting on. If top posting > is so natural and beneficial, why aren't your interspersed comments on > top of the points you are commenting on? A: No Q: Does top posting make sense ? Rich Enfield NS Canada
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