Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

And a good job of trimming the post too!

I wonder, does top-posting promote sequential reading of the argument?

alright; just having fun now. this is losing all point. winter is 
getting to us.

F.

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, anne-ology wrote:

>       Well said, Peter.
>
>
>
> From: Peter West <lists@pbw.id.au>
> Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>
>
> On 6/02/2014 5:31 am, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 01:37:52PM +0000, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > Bottom posting requires a ton of extra work such as trimming and such
> > > which office workers really do not have time for.
> Trimming is a sensible thing to do, whichever way you post.  It's work for
> the poster, not the reader, and top-posting is a benefit for the reader,
> not (primarily) the poster.
> .....
>
>
> > I really hope you don't mean that trimming is a waste of time. Ever see
> > a reply to a digest message that quoted the whole digest. What fun.
>
> But doesn't trimming undermine the argument?  How can the discussion be
> read sequentially when bits of it have been deleted?

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Felmon Davis

You will experience a strong urge to do good; but it will pass.

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