Top posting

[Kevin Stevens]

On Mar 20, 2004, at 07:24, Tillman Hodgson wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 05:35:06PM -0500, Al Johnson wrote:
>> I'm with you... Top-posting makes the most sense for me.
>>> It comes down to opinion I think
>
> My standard response to top-posting:
>
>  A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>  Q: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
>  A: Top-posting.
>  Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>
> Top-posting may be an opinion, but RFC 1855 makes it _standard_ 
> opinion.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -T

Second sentence of RFC1855 - "This memo does not specify an Internet 
standard of any kind."  So much for that.

People who abhor top posting feel very strongly about it.  People who 
don't, usually don't.  This falls firmly into my general life 
philosophy:  I generally agree with the opinions of people minding 
their own business.  I generally disagree with the opinions of people 
minding my business.

My strongest opinion on top-posting is that I don't want to see endless 
threads about it in the lists I'm reading - like this one.

KeS