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Article #37Re: Learn how to post -- top post
From: Richard Bonner
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:54
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:54
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Steve Hall (shall1@canada.com) wrote: : "Frank F. Matthews" <matthews942@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? *** I agree. To see the answer before the question would be like reading a book chapter by chapter, but in *reverse* order. Richard
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