[nycbug-talk] lame...real lame Andy

Bob Ippolito bob
Wed Jan 12 18:14:29 EST 2005


On Jan 12, 2005, at 17:48, Aron Roberts wrote:

>
> On Jan 12, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Isaac Levy wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, actually in UNIX settings it generally is bad to top-post.
>>
>
> I have found it depends on the quoting style, however it was a 
> mistake. I find different lists like different styles. However in no 
> case have I heard it referred to as rude. Which is why I immediately 
> reverted to bottom posting

It's probably because you top-posted to a thread that is already 
written in bottom-post style.  If I reply to these sorts of messages, I 
will almost always rewrite them to be consistent, and that is pretty 
annoying.

-bob





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