On 16-May-2007, "EZ" > wrote:

> " BOB" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > " Nonny" might also try responding at the bottom of the
> > post (like all
> good,
> > intellegent, people do!) and then more people might read
> > his posts and
> > respond to them.
>
> I'm not Nonny, but your reply prompts me to ask the
> general populace of this
> newsgroup, or its owner if he/she still posts here, what
> is the accepted
> protocol - top posting or bottom posting. Neither is the
> universal de facto
> standard, although I'm guessing one or the other is the
> rule on this
> particular newsgroup. For example, at my workplace, top
> posting is the
> accepted norm, and we all learn to read from the bottom
> up, even when there
> are literally dozens of replies going on for pages and
> pages in a single
> email message. In other newsgroups to which I belong, such
> as
> rec.motorcycles.harley, you will get flamed unmercifully
> if you top post.
>
> If the suggested norm is to bottom post and cut out
> extraneous material to
> make it easier to sift through, then I'm happy to oblige.
>
> EZ

We've been lobbying for bottom posting for five years that I
know of and I for one can't imagine why anyone would prefer
to read from the bottom up. Hell, why not just read from
top to bottom and right to left like the Japanese do. They
must know what they're doing, they've been around a hell of
a lot longer then we have.

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