Top-posting answers

Fuck everyone who does top-posting! Stupid users of broken software.

A: Yes.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

* Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
* Why?
* Please do not use top-posting when replying to a message.
* That is: type your reply below the text you are replying to and remove
  irrelevant text from the original.

A: Please.
Q: Should I avoid top posting on this mailing list?
A: Because, by reversing the order of a conversation, it leaves the
   reader without much context, and makes them read a message in an
   unnatural order.
Q: Why is top posting irritating?
A: It is the practice of putting your reply to a message before the
   quoted message, instead of after the (trimmed) message.
Q: What is top posting?

* Пожалуйста, да.
* Должен ли я избегать top-posting в этом списке рассылке?
* Потому-что из-за обратной последовательности беседы, читатель остаётся
  без контекста темы и это заставляет его читать сообщения в
  неестественном порядке.
* Почему top-posting так нервирует?
* Это практика размещения ответа на сообщение до самого цитируемого
  сообщения, вместо размещения его после (обрезанного до только нужных
  частей) сообщения.
* Что такое top-posting?

A: Yes.  Just not top-posting.
Q: Are both allowed here?
A: Quote a few lines, write your response to those few lines, quote a
   few lines, write your response, and so on. This is called inline-posting.
Q: What if it's a long message?

A: Quote as much of the material as you need for context, place it at
   the top of the message, and write your response beneath it. This is
   called bottom-posting.
Q: So what should I do instead?
A: Normally the stuff preceding text is relevant to what comes after it.
   When you top-post, the following text is relevant to what precedes it.
   It's reversed.
Q: What do you mean?

A: It reverses the usual flow of reading.
Q: What's the problem with top-posting?