Re: Where does the Republican Party stand on top posting?

[Chris Blask <chris () blask org>]

--- On Mon, 7/21/08, Alex Eckelberry <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:
> I started, like everyone else, eons ago with bottom posting.

Seconded (Thirded, Fourthed).

In a public forum like this one, or in email between known-capable bottom-posters, I will still bottom-post like this 
(edit out everything except the most pertient original text, then bottom-post point-form responses).

When a conversation really requires point-form responses to comments in the original message, I have taken to editting 
down and prefacing every one of my replies with my initials (CB:) so people using The Horror Known As Outlook (HKO) 
have a chance of following the conversation.

Frankly, there have never been a majority of people who would take the time to cut-down the original text enough to 
make the most of embedded-response bottom posting (Ranum is a notable exception).  It was almost as annoying to have to 
lecture people on email etiquette then as it is now.

I miss the conversational flow of *proper* embedded-response bottom posting, but for better or worse Alex is correct.  
99% of the time it has become a matter of swimming against the current and is not worth the effort to fight.  HKO is 
here to stay and it's best to get used to it.

-chris
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