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"Ernie Melron" <TheMels@prodigy.com> wrote in message
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Wonderful

> "Hard Plop" <stork@nospam_that is really my domain.com>

Idea.






> I have
> "Hard Plop" <stork@nospam_that is really my domain.com> wrote in message
> news😀qmdnX3IVcAK8gXdRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
> > so the botom-posters are now retreating from the bottom-posting for
> > bottom-posting's sake argument.
>
> An Idea
> >
> > They are taking refuge in the "more bottom posters snip"... argument?
> >
> > (or as rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity would say, "desperately
> clinging...")
> >
> >
> > "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
>
>
> How about middle posting?
>
> > news:109gj7ocne4846@corp.supernews.com...
> > > "Mike Kujbida" wrote ...
> > > > My major complaint with bottom posters are the ones who
> > > > do a one word reply - at the bottom of a 200 line message :-(
> > >
> > > My experience is that bottom posters are almost always the
> > > more consientiuous in trimming the quoted previous text also.
> > >
> > > In fact, I have never seen a top-poster ever trim any quoted
> > > text.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
 
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Both modes have merits and demerits. Neither side will listen to the other.
Top-posting seems to be becoming the more prevalent usage, perhaps due to
the fact that most people are used to emails containing the reply and then -
for reference - the original. In either case, prudent snipping helps.

Gary

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"Hard Plop" <stork@nospam_that is really my domain.com> wrote in message
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> In your case, I have to scroll all the way to the bottom , then scroll
back
> up till I find what looks like the beginning of your message.
>
> So I must look for some delineation characters, up from the bottom
>
> Much easier to just start reading from the top of a top-posted message.
 
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> Top-posting seems to be becoming the more prevalent usage, perhaps due
to
> the fact that most people are used to emails containing the reply and
then -
> for reference - the original. In either case, prudent snipping helps.

I noticed top posting becomming more prevelant with the infestation of
Usenet with AOL'ers and WebTV'ers.
 
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"Morrmar" <morrmar@myway.com-no spam> wrote:

> > for reference - the original. In either case, prudent snipping helps.
>
> I noticed top posting becomming more prevelant with the infestation of
> Usenet with AOL'ers and WebTV'ers.

true, bottom posting is correct, top posting is NOT...
 
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Then the issue is snipping, not top-posting. Why didn't you say so? I
always edit for brevity.

twobirds wrote:

>Something to keep in mind is that there are still many people paying by the
>minute for internet access in remote (and some not-so-remote) parts of the
>world. Snipping is good for those people especially. Top posters almost
>never do any snipping and that is disrespectful to their fellow usenetizens.
>Of course, I have to admit that my own contiued participation in this off
>topic drivel is also wasting bandwidth.
>
>
>
>
 
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I saw that too hahah

"Bill Van Dyk" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
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> Then the issue is snipping, not top-posting. Why didn't you say so? I
> always edit for brevity.
>
> twobirds wrote:
>
> >Something to keep in mind is that there are still many people paying by
the
> >minute for internet access in remote (and some not-so-remote) parts of
the
> >world. Snipping is good for those people especially. Top posters almost
> >never do any snipping and that is disrespectful to their fellow
usenetizens.
> >Of course, I have to admit that my own contiued participation in this off
> >topic drivel is also wasting bandwidth.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
 
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Wanna bet!

"John" <service@colocollect.com> wrote in message
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: "Hard Plop" <stork@nospam_that is really my domain.com> wrote:
:
: > except i have to scroll to the bottom every time I get a new message.
: >
: > that's a pain.
: >
: > Also Usenet is not one way or the other. it is a mixture.
: >
: > Also if I scroll down I can see that Republicans
: >
: > Looked for WMD - That didn't work
: > Captured Saddam Hussein - That didn't help
: > Disparaged those who questioned - That didn't wash
: > Gave families a big proud feeling in exchange for a dead soldier
/football
: > player- That didn't stop them.
: > Re-package their rationale each month. - That doesn't surprise anyone.
: >
: > If we spend enough money and lives, eventually the Muslims will like us!
:
: Plop... it only takes a 1/5 of a second to get to the bottom of a post...
:
: DO NOT TOP POST - or you will be ignored...
:
: http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost
:
: http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Top-posting_or_bottom-posting
 
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I see it all the time.

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"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
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> In fact, I have never seen a top-poster ever trim any quoted
> text.
 
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On Wed, 05 May 2004 12:03:16 GMT "Pete D" <dont.use@email.to.reply> wrote
in Message id: <8K4mc.21498$TT.3548@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:

>OMG that was a lot of drivel!

Speak of a moron, and up pops the perfect example. There must be some kind
of maxim with regards to these things...
 
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"Pete D" <dont.use@email.to.reply> wrote in news:8K4mc.21498$TT.3548@news-
server.bigpond.net.au:

> OMG that was a lot of drivel!

I disgaree, I have marked it to keep and plagarise next time the topic
comes up, as it does with regularity in any Usnet group.

To the OP, well done ! 😉

--
Trevor S


"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein
 
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That's a new twist. Usually it's Bill Gates and Windows that get the blame.
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"Morrmar" <morrmar@myway.com-no spam> wrote in message
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> I noticed top posting becomming more prevelant with the infestation of
> Usenet with AOL'ers and WebTV'ers.
 
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GOSH! That told him.

(snipped completely, mainly due to the fact that this is a video newsgroup
not one on posting etiquette!)

Personally I am more interested in the reply than where it is posted. You
are sound like are a bunch of old CBer's who believe they must keep up with
10 codes when it not needed.

Rich
 
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On Thu, 6 May 2004 07:43:31 +0800, "Gary P" <askme@newsgroup> wrote:

>"Morrmar" <morrmar@myway.com-no spam> wrote in message
>news:dH5mc.28149$UG2.1340@bignews2.bellsouth.net...
>
>> I noticed top posting becomming more prevelant with the infestation of
>> Usenet with AOL'ers and WebTV'ers.

>That's a new twist. Usually it's Bill Gates and Windows that get the blame.

No, it's as old as the internet became commercialised. AOL and WebTV
started it's demise, followed by countless examples in the rest of the
world.
By the way Gary, if you like top-posting, I would suggest taking the
signature-seperator off. I wanted to quote the post as well to which
you responded, and because of the seperator, the post to which you
responded got cut-off, so I had to open my box of tricks to reply.

cheers

-martin-

--
filmmaker/DP/editor/filmschool techie
Sydney, Australia

"The world is on the move. Adopt, adapt, survive."
 
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10-4, Rich 🙂

"Rich" <richpat@freenet.co.uk> wrote in
news:K6omc.19$YJ3.9@newsfe1-win:

> GOSH! That told him.
>
> (snipped completely, mainly due to the fact that this is a video
> newsgroup not one on posting etiquette!)
>
> Personally I am more interested in the reply than where it is
> posted. You are sound like are a bunch of old CBer's who believe
> they must keep up with 10 codes when it not needed.
>
> Rich
>
>

10-4, Rich 🙂

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Call me letters find me at domain blochg whose dot is com
 
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