From nobody Wed Nov 24 22:46:16 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4AD718B53C7 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 22:46:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michaelsprivate@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd29.google.com (mail-io1-xd29.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d29]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Hzx2D3vK2z3CC5; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 22:46:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michaelsprivate@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd29.google.com with SMTP id x6so5120180iol.13; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:46:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=uUVmztGxF655ZWuiM14kdq/Idf/RcTn+vyYcZiriD4s=; b=nzLXN04M4X6i+gBJ7eyQwS2iNODHGpkFxxq+PTrCkvHwJns8/WTvdWG2E0mPpNXazc 7GGqfxEiYBr3plTSERLO1GoaW92jZR0yJFTzseG4CA1pvueGzf/9oHFgNcZj9c1SK/ee CXMLl2p4WypvJY96eRrWT5x6IpjDjGq6FgldeWJ2oAnM/vYdWpvGymAPXywAAzgRl2vE yOkghQTFqeU1x73OQZ///ppXWj7ZdW3wx/S1fqqrGPUuB020nny8O8fxY1CNyPr1Ag9/ W02iPzcSMcLBhWTtAQ3lCNda/eWUPAp9AD4V7paxJwOMVm7UXJzupTAODzNC92MB0Z5u nICg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=uUVmztGxF655ZWuiM14kdq/Idf/RcTn+vyYcZiriD4s=; b=3VyQq5KhE9wK190jkp1kKeL46uZbxbWnDekMkq6FWbGEjuJjzmIbuEwOs5WCG8aOi1 4JuU1wGDJMiC8mcr6ou1yE7VQgw6BugsyH0bv9QjUFrWHRnHuIeUDYPmeUCMbh5whcbm xJ4ZBTUtSBYc82RrVROuXw6Nx3AOAn6m3BnRe5VtrlP2NKrswvkq8WxQFQDNS6mszk3E GTlFvGL3jzZQdHQm1INr5ELF+CpKxYGrOUTA+TCN1HC26P/bdi8l5/z26P7YFmQqlEvo m/D+mMXLgZSla9f/9eopAtXXIH5uuOd0cdyhYRnbUg6k7qFZNdRQuIs70YgJnlTjVE7G 365Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532I/YG96LHbF5pLD0cNejtSbAbXqS5EygjpUwXG9Onmg8a79v0/ r1HekNOI/DwEy/6xPYefYRNMHHPtKnkhgw10ZOydVTP7SfVMrQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwevs5KnclSL3umCbATmpNR5PT5EzwMWHLx6kL+Req+YV+ZCHO/bdbduVqyP8JrZ8AoO9sDuA/hIFVmg3k1EjU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6638:300a:: with SMTP id r10mr3303902jak.91.1637793987770; Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:46:27 -0800 (PST) List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <8483eae3-3ee2-1548-8786-42bb96d4937a@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Michael Schuster Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:46:16 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Top posting (was: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas) To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Cc: Graham Perrin , FreeBSD Hackers , Joseph Mingrone Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000db3cc605d190a0a9" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Hzx2D3vK2z3CC5 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y --000000000000db3cc605d190a0a9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 23:23 Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 12:33 AM Graham Perrin > wrote: > > > On 24/11/2021 01:31, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > > Change policy about discouraging top posting and convert it to > > encouraging > > > top posting > > > > Please, don't. > > > > > As I said , > > (1) persons tracking messages continuously do not need to read the same > texts many times > [ plus more explanation....] One part you're forgetting is trimming what you're quoting to avoid exactly what you're pointing out. (4) I am a subscriber of many mailing lists . This is precisely where in my opinion bottom posting shines: if done properly, I have context immediately without having to first scroll past the new message and then back up. I find it much more natural than top posting. Regards Michael > > --000000000000db3cc605d190a0a9--