On 12/09/05, Daniel P. B. Smith dpbsmith@verizon.net wrote:
What I object to is the frequent _flaming_ of people for top-posting, and to the inaccurate claim that top-posting is considered a major, important faux pas in all Internet discussions at all times.
Um... surely the fact that people are frequently flamed for it might just indicate that, frequently, people consider it a major faux pas? ;-)
[Random factoid: first usenet citations I can find are just on eight years ago. Which surprises me; I'm sure I remember it around when I turned up. OTOH, they reference a pre-existing culture - "You can get in a lot of trouble in the Netscape newsgroups for 'Top Posting'." - so meh.)