Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

Hi :)
No, he didn't.  He just showed that he has not read any of the  posts yet as his arguments are 
already countered in previous posts.

Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting might be.  The fact is that 
it is widely used especially by office workers.  Do we want to stop office workers from using 
LibreOffice?  Alienating them would be a good way to get them to stay with whatever else they 
already use.  

Betamax was a better format than VHS but it lost the battle for acceptance and now the argument is 
irrelevant anyway.  Perhaps it is similar with bottom posting.  It might be better but almost 
no-one in our target markets use it (note the "almost" there).  Most people would rather use forums 
anyway as mailing lists are ancient and out-dated.  

So, do we want to go the route of betamax, ie obscurity, or do we want to get LibreOffice out there 
and being used?  
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer <snowshed1@q.com> wrote:

From: Ken Springer <snowshed1@q.com>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 8 September, 2011, 18:53

On 9/8/11 11:37 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
> > scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant
> > (in their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the
> > person reading). Top posting means that most emails can be read
> > without any scrolling at all.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> Not true. You have to scroll down to see what is being responded to then
> scroll back up to see the response. Since you do not include proper
> attribution marks for the posts you respond to, the immediate message
> you respond to appears to be written by you.
>
> <clip />
> > Following the rules does not hide the answers. In fact, it's just the
> > opposite, IMO. If you follow, and enforce, the rules, and you know the
> > rules, you know where to find the answers.
> >
> > All civilizations, cultures, communities that are/were successful had
> > rules that were followed. Anarchy, everyone doing what they wanted,
> > has never been successful AFAIK.
> This passage did not have attribution marks and therefore appears to be
> from you.

Larry has just presented two other problems with top-posting.

-- 
Ken

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