Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reply settings on this list have changed

Hi :)
Bottom posting is a good way to alienate most of the target
market-shares that LO needs to break into.  Many new people are
completely unaware that there is any other way of posting other than
top-posting because top posting is so widespread.  

Also there
are a ridiculous number of rules, such as how and when to snip, that
makes it more time consuming and difficult for new people that have
only joined the list to deal with one or 2 specific questions, not to
change their entire life-style.  

How about we 1st get the world using LibreOffice and THEN start opening people to new ways of doing 
things?  

Oh and this new way of having to use "Reply to all" instead of "Reply" is brilliant!  It makes it 
more difficult to keep things on-list and more difficult for new arrivals to the list.  Perfect!!
Regards from
Tom :)  

--- On Thu, 16/8/12, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:

From: Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Reply settings on this list have changed
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 16 August, 2012, 7:03

Hi Anne and Jay,

Le 2012-08-16 00:53, Jay Lozier a écrit :

> > (3) Thank you for standing up against these list-members who respond
> > at the bottom !
> Actually there are two different philosophies. Top posting works best
> when only a few people are actively involved in the conversation and all
> are actively following the thread. For most exchanges this works very
> well because it mimics a verbal conversation.
>
> Bottom posting is done on lists because someone may not have seen the
> initial post and the context of the answers and other follow up posts.
> The idea is that the thread can be followed with the oldest post on top
> to latest on the bottom as if you are reading a report.
>
> Inline posting is sometimes done when it is easier to answer each issue
> raised.
>
> I did a combination of inline and bottom posting
>
> Also snip is used to indicate that part of the original has been deleted
> by the poster
>
> <snip>

Please review http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette#Top-Posting_vs_Bottom-Posting for more 
information on posting.

This topic has been covered several times on this list. FYI, we recommend bottom posting if 
possible along with inline posting, in order to preserve the flow of discussion for all.

It just makes it easier for everyone to work on the lists if we adopt the same way of responding to 
email.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Marc

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