[CLUE-Tech] A small request for the list.

[Adam Bultman]

Hmm... I I disagree.  If someone is just replying to it as a whole, like I
am now, I *hate* scrolling all the way to the bottom. It's annoying. In
the case where someone replies to each aspect of an email, I prefer the

> post
>
reply

style.  If someone sends their post and I have to scroll to the bottom,
it's about 75 percent less likely it will get read.  I use pine, and while
I can hit page down, it's all the wayon the right side of my keybaord, and
is a pain to hit to scroll down.  Top-replies allow me to read something,
and if I don't understand it, I can just scroll down and read.  I
shouldn't have to read the same post over and over again (or have to
scroll past it on every email) so I can read someone's quip at the end.

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Adam Bultman adam at glaven.org [ http://www.glaven.org ]


On Thu, 23 May 2002, Jed S. Baer wrote:

> I'd like to request that folks using this list do not "top-post" their
> replies. Placing reply text at the top of a message makes it more
> difficult to follow the discussion, particularly when the thread gets
> longer, and there is a mix of top/bottom posted replies. Many mailing
> lists actually have a prohibition in their FAQ or rules against top-posted
> replies, and of course, the debate is always going on in usenet someplace.
>
> Thanks, everyone, for their consideration here.
>
> jed
>
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