Why top posting is considered wrong?

[Blinky the Shark]

If a post and a quote are so short that they can both be grasped without
even rolling your eyeballs (normal reading comprehension assumed), top
posting is fine with me.

Wrong. You have no control over how much thread will develop from that
starting point. Your thinking implies that you're wearing blinders.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

"When thou enter a city, abide by its customs." -The Talmud

Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wijnands/nnq/nquote.html

How do I quote correctly in usenet?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html

Common Mistakes in Usenet Postings and How to Avoid Them
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/mail-news-errors.html#quoting

Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html

Why bottom-posting is better than top-posting
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html

+What do you mean "my reply is upside-down"?
http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/quote.html

http://blinkynet.net/comp/toppost.html

 

[Blinky the Shark]

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Why is driving on the other side of the road considered wrong?

It doesn't make sense to me!

Sometimes my side of the road is full, yet the other side, it's completely
clear!

Thanks, Nik. That's the first smile I've had reading this thread.

 

[Toby Inkster]

Nik Coughlin quothed:


Move to England.

I don't think that would make much of a difference to Nik's driving.

 

[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, Toby Inkster quothed:

I don't think that would make much of a difference to Nik's driving.

Well, he could try Japan, home of the kamikaze.

 

[Solbu]

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What's smuggling got to do with it?

According to the Webster online dictionarry, "Customs" have 3 meanings.
One of which is the Toll custom service at the international borders.

The Talmud and the Old Testament where that is quoted from
talks about an other meaning, which is this:

(From the Webster online dictionary)
===
A usage or practice common to many
or to a particular place or class or habitual with an individual
long-established practice considered as unwritten law
===
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/customs

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[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, Solbu quothed:

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According to the Webster online dictionarry, "Customs" have 3 meanings.
One of which is the Toll custom service at the international borders.

The Talmud and the Old Testament where that is quoted from
talks about an other meaning, which is this:

(From the Webster online dictionary)
===
A usage or practice common to many
or to a particular place or class or habitual with an individual
long-established practice considered as unwritten law
===

Are you Norwegian?

 

[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, Mark Parnell quothed:

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Neredbojias


Or Luigi?

He he, yeah, I didn't think of that.

 

[Mark Parnell]

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Neredbojias

With neither quill nor qualm, Solbu quothed:


Are you Norwegian?

Or Luigi?

 

[Solbu]

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Are you Norwegian?

Ja, det er jeg. =
(Yes, I am)

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[Neredbojias]

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Ja, det er jeg. =
(Yes, I am)

I'm a (USA) Svensk, and you know how Swedes regard those banished to the
hinterlands...

 

[Noozer]

"When thou enter a city, abide by its customs." -The Talmud


Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wijnands/nnq/nquote.html

Bottom posting AND Top posting are both WRONG!

Post INLINE!

 

[Noozer]

Like so? All of this message is in one view on my monitor.
You reckon it makes sense?

What are you talking about?