Re: top posting (was: Hijack!) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: top posting (was: Hijack!)
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In response to Re: top posting (was: Hijack!)  ("Leif B. Kristensen" <leif@solumslekt.org>)
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On Dec 11, 2007 11:41 AM, Leif B. Kristensen <leif@solumslekt.org> wrote:
>
> It certainly isn't a crime. But it's a bit like thread hijacking in the
> sense that a well-formed inline posting is more likely to attract
> intelligent replies. I don't think that I'm the only one who tends to
> skip top posting replies on mailing lists.

You're certainly not.  I can't tell you how many times I've carefully
replied to someone with inline quoting, only to get some top post
response.  I then ask them politely not to top post, fix the format,
reply, and get another top post reponse.

At that point I just move on to the next thread.

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