On Sun, 30 May 2004 16:36:33 GMT, mike regish wrote:

Ok. I'm going to break my promise to myself again because I'm just
overwhelmingly curious about this.

well, I had to scroll down and read what and whom you are referring to.
then I scrolled back up to read your post.

I've stated a reason why top posting is a personal preference of mine. But

well, live with it. it is ok for me. but it is also ok for me to adjust the
score. well, I am not a factor here, but you get the idea.

the argument against top posting seems to be primarily one of etiquette-or
netiquette. To me this is like saying that it's not proper etiquette to fly

nah. it is how things are read. from top the way down to the end.

(...)
I also preferred the way I could sort threads with Netscape, but that
software has caused problems with my computer, so I removed it and deal with
some minor inconveniences in OE, but that also seems to somehow be a
violation of etiquette, or just some reason to make me somehow inferior to
those who use other readers.

everybody gets what he deserves.

(...)
I also don't mind some people not trimming their posts as I don't always get
the original post if I come in late. Then I look for a post that hasn't been

heck. don't you think that pictures would be nice to be attached to
postings? it would explain so much.
where is the border? what is ok and what not?

Is there an Emily Post of the internet? If so, does she have a rationale for
all the rules of netiquette? Are some arbitrary? Traditional? Practical?

most of the rules (netiquette for the net, etiquette for real life) come
out of practice.

I don't really NEED to know. Just trying to make sense of something that
seems to me to be pure nonsense coming from otherwise very sensible people.

mike regish

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