Mailing List Archive
tlug.jp Mailing List tlug archive tlug Mailing List Archive
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:10 +0900
- From: Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>
- Subject: Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- References: <4AF70063.9060406@example.com> <eb6de36d0911081607l3e0d4887v6b3b9146d460b8db@example.com> <eb6de36d0911081609g28480f6co7cebc2ba08a4b520@example.com> <874op36gjj.fsf@example.com> <20091110014327.GC19475@example.com> <4AF8C76D.9000300@example.com> <20091110032313.GE19475@example.com> <87tyx3dlbk.fsf@example.com> <20091110051706.GG19475@example.com> <87skcmevme.fsf@example.com>
- User-agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)
On 2009-11-10 15:34 +0900 (Tue), Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Followups redirected to lingo@example.com Oh, this list is just pushing all my buttons today. Either you or the list admins (I'm not sure which) have decided that this topic should actually be continued on both lingo@example.com and tlug@example.com Who am I to argue? :-) > Thing is, as a style "top-posting" really is the combination of the > two: inserting new text at the top *and* not trimming. Most people on > this list are aware that both are bad, and that of the two, trimming > is actually more valuable to the readers.... Really? Looking back at the archives of this list to the beginning of November, I see three top-posted messages, and eight non-top-posted ones where the included text was significantly larger than the new text, and much of the text was quite clearly unnecessary to understand the message (two or three of these were just straight bottom-posts). This is going strictly on number of posts: of course the untrimmed ones take much more time to scroll though to get to the content than the top-posted ones, and so it's even worse when looking at it from the point of view of how much time the readers of this list are wasting. The posters may be aware that trimming is more valuable, but they're making the mistake of inadequate trimming more often. I posit that it's "don't top-post" has become a mantra here, such that if people are going to rember only one one of "don't top-post and trim your quotes," they're going to remember the first and forget the second. cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> +81 90 7737 2974 Functional programming in all senses of the word: http://www.starling-software.com
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Curt Sampson
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Edward Middleton
- References:
- [tlug] Computer parts people might have use for
- From: Dave M G
- Re: [tlug] Computer parts people might have use for
- From: nlin
- Re: [tlug] Computer parts people might have use for
- From: nlin
- Re: [tlug] Computer parts people might have use for
- From: Stephen J. Turnbull
- [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Curt Sampson
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Edward Middleton
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Curt Sampson
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Stephen J. Turnbull
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Curt Sampson
- Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- From: Stephen J. Turnbull
Home | Main Index | Thread Index
- Prev by Date: Re: [tlug] Need advice to choose a router
- Next by Date: Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- Previous by thread: Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- Next by thread: Re: [tlug] Better to have "bottom-posted"?
- Index(es):
Home Page Mailing List Linux and Japan TLUG Members Links