OT Top posting anecdote

I am guilty, guilty, guilty of top posting. I guess I think of it as a time
saver when replying to a message. I don't want to have to scroll down
through (often times) very long messages which I have already read to see a
response. Anyway, I was on another group and saw this as a siggy line and
just wanted to share it with everyone. This came to mind when reading
someone else's post in another message about sending a one line reply but
including the original lengthy post. I promise to be mindful of this and
use the gently snipped option when replying.
Here's the siggy line - kinda puts a new perspective on top posting, for me
anyway. YMMV!

Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top posting frowned upon?

*******disclaimer: I am not advocating one format over another. Everyone
is free to do as they please IMHO! My flameproof suit is in the cleaners so
please don't flame me for the content of this message. I thought it was a
cute siggy line and wanted to share. I like siggy lines too - short ones,
but long ones are ok if that's your thing too! No arguments from me today!
No time - read my siggy and see why!
--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at
once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working."
Anonymous

I *love the sig line (and yours, too), and I'm going to keep top-posting. I
hate having to scroll down to find the response. At the same time, I like
having the original available if it's needed.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b



"AliceW" wrote in message
...
I am guilty, guilty, guilty of top posting. I guess I think of it as a
time
saver when replying to a message. I don't want to have to scroll down
through (often times) very long messages which I have already read to see
a
response. Anyway, I was on another group and saw this as a siggy line and
just wanted to share it with everyone. This came to mind when reading
someone else's post in another message about sending a one line reply but
including the original lengthy post. I promise to be mindful of this and
use the gently snipped option when replying.
Here's the siggy line - kinda puts a new perspective on top posting, for
me
anyway. YMMV!

Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top posting frowned upon?

*******disclaimer: I am not advocating one format over another. Everyone
is free to do as they please IMHO! My flameproof suit is in the cleaners
so
please don't flame me for the content of this message. I thought it was a
cute siggy line and wanted to share. I like siggy lines too - short ones,
but long ones are ok if that's your thing too! No arguments from me
today!
No time - read my siggy and see why!
--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at
once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working."
Anonymous

For those of us that download the messages to read later, top posting is
the way to go! When the folks here (especially the ones that aren't on
dial-up g) are really cracking with the one liners flying at the speed of
sound it's a royal pain to have to scroll to the bottom of the ever growing
message to read the next addition. If you get stuck having to read it on
Google the bottom posted messages frequently are only partially there with a
link that says "if you want to see the rest of this message click here". I
don't mind people not snipping either because I know I'm not the only one
that doesn't get all the posts all the time and it's handy to have it all
there. What does drive me crazy (crazier?) are the replies to a post that
include NOTHING from the original. There is another sig line on another ng
I've seen that says " top posters cheerfully ignored". I go by the "when
in Rome, do as the Romans do" method so I'm really happy that most of the
"Romans" here on RCTQ are top posters.

Dee in LeRoy, NY


"hfw" wrote in message
...
I *love the sig line (and yours, too), and I'm going to keep top-posting.
I
hate having to scroll down to find the response. At the same time, I like
having the original available if it's needed.

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b



"AliceW" wrote in message
...
I am guilty, guilty, guilty of top posting. I guess I think of it as a
time
saver when replying to a message. I don't want to have to scroll down
through (often times) very long messages which I have already read to
see
a
response. Anyway, I was on another group and saw this as a siggy line
and
just wanted to share it with everyone. This came to mind when reading
someone else's post in another message about sending a one line reply
but
including the original lengthy post. I promise to be mindful of this
and
use the gently snipped option when replying.
Here's the siggy line - kinda puts a new perspective on top posting,
for
me
anyway. YMMV!

Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top posting frowned upon?

*******disclaimer: I am not advocating one format over another.
Everyone
is free to do as they please IMHO! My flameproof suit is in the
cleaners
so
please don't flame me for the content of this message. I thought it was
a
cute siggy line and wanted to share. I like siggy lines too - short
ones,
but long ones are ok if that's your thing too! No arguments from me
today!
No time - read my siggy and see why!
--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at
once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working."
Anonymous

AliceW wrote:
I am guilty, guilty, guilty of top posting.

snip
I promise to be mindful of this and
use the gently snipped option when replying.
Here's the siggy line - kinda puts a new perspective on top posting, for me
anyway. YMMV!

Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top posting frowned upon?

As we are all big enough to use scissors and rotary cutters to cut our
fabric pieces accurately, surely we should be ablse to "snip" our NG
postings too ;-)

My pet hate is when all the "so&so wrote" stuff is left in with too much
spare info & blank, also when the topic has wandered but *all* the
previous postings are still there below the top postings because nobody
has bothered to trim off those frayed edges that develop over time.

Lizzy

--
Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk

Looks like a Jeopardy Answer-and-Question, to me.

I like Jeopardy!

;-)

Dragonfly

"AliceW" wrote in message
...
I am guilty, guilty, guilty of top posting. I guess I think of it as a
time
saver when replying to a message. I don't want to have to scroll down
through (often times) very long messages which I have already read to see
a
response. Anyway, I was on another group and saw this as a siggy line and
just wanted to share it with everyone. This came to mind when reading
someone else's post in another message about sending a one line reply but
including the original lengthy post. I promise to be mindful of this and
use the gently snipped option when replying.
Here's the siggy line - kinda puts a new perspective on top posting, for
me
anyway. YMMV!

Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top posting frowned upon?

*******disclaimer: I am not advocating one format over another. Everyone
is free to do as they please IMHO! My flameproof suit is in the cleaners
so
please don't flame me for the content of this message. I thought it was a
cute siggy line and wanted to share. I like siggy lines too - short ones,
but long ones are ok if that's your thing too! No arguments from me
today!
No time - read my siggy and see why!
--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
www.ourcyberfamily.us
"Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at
once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working."
Anonymous

I don't read notes that are bottom posted. I only top post.
Does that mean I am a bad person? (g)

Lynne in Toronto
...........................................

Lizzy Taylor wrote:

AliceW wrote:
I am guilty, guilty, guilty of top posting.

snip
I promise to be mindful of this and
use the gently snipped option when replying.
Here's the siggy line - kinda puts a new perspective on top posting, for me
anyway. YMMV!

Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is top posting frowned upon?

As we are all big enough to use scissors and rotary cutters to cut our
fabric pieces accurately, surely we should be ablse to "snip" our NG
postings too ;-)

My pet hate is when all the "so&so wrote" stuff is left in with too much
spare info & blank, also when the topic has wandered but *all* the
previous postings are still there below the top postings because nobody
has bothered to trim off those frayed edges that develop over time.

Lizzy

--
Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk

Lynne Van wrote:

I don't read notes that are bottom posted. I only top post.
Does that mean I am a bad person? (g)

Yes, most certainly, very, very BAD!

As a penance you have to send me chocolate (I'm in the directory :-) )

Lizzy

--
Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk

but, she wont read your note since its bottom posted! Send your chocolate to
me Lynne and I will make sure Lizzy gets it.
Diana

--
Queen of FAQs
Royal Peace Maker
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"Lizzy Taylor" wrote in message
...
Lynne Van wrote:

I don't read notes that are bottom posted. I only top post.
Does that mean I am a bad person? (g)

Yes, most certainly, very, very BAD!

As a penance you have to send me chocolate (I'm in the directory :-) )

Lizzy

--
Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk

Top post-and PLEASE leave the one before at the bottom for those of us that
do NOT get all the posts.....300/400 in MY dreams......

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
but, she wont read your note since its bottom posted! Send your chocolate
to
me Lynne and I will make sure Lizzy gets it.
Diana

--
Queen of FAQs
Royal Peace Maker
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"Lizzy Taylor" wrote in message
...
Lynne Van wrote:

I don't read notes that are bottom posted. I only top post.
Does that mean I am a bad person? (g)

Yes, most certainly, very, very BAD!

As a penance you have to send me chocolate (I'm in the directory :-) )

Lizzy

--
Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk


Butterfly (Hhhhhmmmmmmmmm, maybe I'm lucky--I only exercise for as LONG as
it takes me to 'get caught up 3/4 times a day'....more posts--longer
stretching sessions.............))

Sorry Lizzy. Couldn't read our note, as it was bottom posted!

Cheers,

lynne in Toronto

..........................................

Lizzy Taylor wrote:

Lynne Van wrote:

I don't read notes that are bottom posted. I only top post.
Does that mean I am a bad person? (g)

Yes, most certainly, very, very BAD!

As a penance you have to send me chocolate (I'm in the directory :-) )

Lizzy

--
Lizzy Taylor
Heywood, Lancashire, UK 53:36:00N 2:06:00E
http://www.thetaylorfamily.org.uk