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Top-posting answers ¶

Fuck everyone who does top-posting! Go to hell. 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?
  

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