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From: Scott Seidman <namdiesttocs@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.matlab
Subject: Re: etiquette (top-posting or bottom posting)
Date: 5 Sep 2007 16:53:29 GMT
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"Jason " <j_henderson44@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in news:fbmfg5$idr$1
@fred.mathworks.com:

> Surely then that's another important question. Do the 
> majority of users access the topics through usenet or 
> through the web interface. If through the web interface 
> then it's my opinion (granted it doesn't count for much) 
> that top posting is sufficient since the previous posts are 
> easily identified. 

It's not as important as it once was.  The two groups this seems to make 
the biggest difference to are us crotchety old ascii-based usenet users, 
and newer users in a snit about being told by crotchety of ascii-based 
usenet users not to top post.  Fact is, most web interfaces I've seen are 
as amenable to other styles.  If someone is offended by being told how to 
post, and doesn't mind if it rankles some, post however you want-especially 
if you don't mind if the crotchetier players keep making noise.  If someone 
finds it just as easy to bottom post, but chooses not to just because 
someone pointed out a breach of some netiquette standard, noise is 
something they might expect.

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Scott
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