On 12/09/05, Daniel P. B. Smith <dpbsmith(a)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.)
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