top or bottom?

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Yes--apparently ADSL has thought of this and won't forward long posts. But
why scroll at all? Chronological order is just as ordered if it is
present-to-back as it is if it is back-to-front. Of course, things get mixed up when some
post at the top and some at the bottom, but who is to say which is more

In a message dated 3/9/09 2:14:34 PM, zwicky at STANFORD.EDU writes:


> On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Ron Butters wrote:
>
> > No, bottom-posting is evil. One has to scroll through all kinds of
> > crap that one already has seen in order to get to the comment. And
> > the comment most relevant to what one wants to post about is way at
> > the bottom.
>
> yes, this is annoying if the poster reproduces the entire thread.
> another piece of posting etiquette is trimming your posting
> appropriately.
>
> arnold
>
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