Again ... it's a personal preference.

I'm a top poster.

"Jud Hardcastle" <I5i5changethistodash5rbo@xemaps.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fca3cdaa160574c9899a0@news.dallas.sbcglo bal.net...
> In article <dsudncHAz6sYw_3YnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@insightbb.com> ,
> someone@microsoft.com says...
>> John ... I always post to the top so in my thoughts YOU are posting
>> wrong.
>> It doesn't make sense to me to have to go to the bottom of a thread to
>> find
>> the most recent.
>>
> Perhaps but bottom posting is more accepted since it allows one to
> insert a reply immediately after a quoted comment (without having to
> paraphrase the comment in your own answer). And it's much easier to
> reply to multiple comments down the thread--it's more like an in-person
> conversation. Top posting is frowned upon in every group I frequent and
> mixing both types in one thread WILL invariably get you flamed.
>
> As for "going to the bottom of a thread" if posters quote just enough to
> indicate what they are replying to (versus the ENTIRE thread) then you
> wouldn't have to "go" very far down.
> --
> Jud
> Dallas TX USA