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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc
From: Harriet Bazley <baz...@feathermail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:15:20 GMT
Local: Tues 17 Jan 2006 23:15
Subject: Re: How to curtail top posting !!
On 17 Jan 2006 as I do recall,
Steve Hodgson wrote: > I don't mean to be in any way inflammatory, but I have always been curious I subscribe to a variety of non-computer related discussion groups, and > why this particular group is more offended than most by top-posting. Are > there any technical reasons associated with the client software available or > is more historical than anything else? > I subscribe to a variety of OS- and software-related groups but rarely see see a similar consensus in almost all of them -- in the ones where a small number of people *do* top-post without being jumped on, it is very noticeable that they are the ones with little or nothing to contribute. I have a nasty feeling this may be due to the fact that their preferred It does, of course, mean that one has nothing to lose by kill-filing -- Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder. You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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