Where to post replies

When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply beneath
the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters of
each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the reply to
be?
It would be great if the message trail were uniform.

Gene L.;1241001 Wrote:
> When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply
> beneath
> the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters
> of
> each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the
> reply to
> be?
> It would be great if the message trail were uniform.

I much prefer having the message below, and I _*always*_ look for it
there. People who put it at the top annoy me (though only in a very,
very minor way )

Richard


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niemiro

If you are expecting a response from me, and do not have one
within 24 hours, PM me.

I prefer top-posting, and I always look right there at the top, since that's
the first thing I see when I open the message. Besides, I've already read
the quoted text in the previous message, I prefer it stay completely out of
the way unless I actually need it. Really, how many times do you or anyone
else actually refer to the quoted text unless it's an inline reply? If I
need to read the quoted text, especially if I need to read a lot of it, I
prefer to go beck to the original message (the one being replied to), since
it's less cluttered with <carets>. If I haven't already read the previous
messages in the thread, I usually start from the beginning and read them
all, in order to see what else has already transpired. Really, there is no
good reason to support bottom-posting except habit and the behavior of your
newsreader.

PS -- I only insult bottom dwell... er, posters when they are being
insulting!

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Ronin

"Gene L." <> wrote in message
news:9CE52627-B8C4-4DE6-96B7-...
> When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply beneath
> the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters
> of each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the
> reply to be?
> It would be great if the message trail were uniform.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:48:04 -0500, "Gene L."
<> wrote:

> When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply beneath
> the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters of
> each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the reply to
> be?


Please don't start an argument about this here.


> It would be great if the message trail were uniform.


It will not be uniform, since there are avid supporters of both
top-posting and bottom-posting. And there are also people like me, who
prefer in-line posting, putting a reply after each subject desired to
comment on.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:48:04 -0500, "Gene L."
<> wrote:

>When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply beneath
>the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters of
>each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the reply to
>be?
>It would be great if the message trail were uniform.

I usually read a book from top to bottom of page . ( post and replies
downwards ) .

Ken Blake, MVP;1241030 Wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:48:04 -0500, "Gene L."
> <Camelotscc@newsgroup> wrote:
> > > >
> > > When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the repl
> > beneath
> > > the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there ar
> > supporters of
> > > each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer th
> > reply to
> > > be? > >
>
>
> Please don't start an argument about this here.
>
> > > >
> > > It would be great if the message trail were uniform. > >
>
>
> It will not be uniform, since there are avid supporters of both
> top-posting and bottom-posting. And there are also people like me
> who
> prefer in-line posting, putting a reply after each subject desired to
> comment on.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Don't worry. We won't argue. We're good boys (or girls

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niemir

If you are expecting a response from me, and do not have on
within 24 hours, PM me.

Gene L. wrote:
> When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply
> beneath the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are
> supporters of each, but where do the people who answer these questions
> prefer the reply to be?
> It would be great if the message trail were uniform.



I've been on Usenet for about ten years
and though it makes more sense (to me) to top post...
I've stopped doing it years ago because it seems to always draw criticism

"philo" <> wrote in message
news:hnh1ad$eng$...
> Gene L. wrote:
>> When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply
>> beneath the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are
>> supporters of each, but where do the people who answer these questions
>> prefer the reply to be?
>> It would be great if the message trail were uniform.
>
>
>
> I've been on Usenet for about ten years
> and though it makes more sense (to me) to top post...
> I've stopped doing it years ago because it seems to always draw criticism

Yet it seems to be the most plausible in some instances, while in others it
is better to insert or place it at the end, as in this case.
Moral: Be flexible. Harry.
>

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:48:04 -0500, "Gene L."
<> wrote:

>When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply beneath
>the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters of
>each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the reply to
>be?
>It would be great if the message trail were uniform.

Only dumb-asses top post. Case closed.

In article <9CE52627-B8C4-4DE6-96B7->,
says...
>
> When replying to a news message, is it preferred to have the reply beneath
> the message being addressed or above it? I suppose there are supporters of
> each, but where do the people who answer these questions prefer the reply to
> be?
> It would be great if the message trail were uniform.

Having been on Usenet since 84, and having been through times where not
all posts are on a server, it only makes sense to reply to posts as if
you didn't know about the rest of the thread.

The basic thought is to trim any of the quoted part that isn't needed to
understand your reply, and to post your reply in a manner that allows
the discussion to flow.

Do you normally read from the Bottom UP or the Top Down?

I bottom reply because the reader can see what I'm replying to before he
reads my reply - in case the thread was broken or missing posts.

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voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
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