On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:59:12 -0500, "Ann" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote
in <FcudnS1qdboJWP3YnZ2dnUVZ_tidnZ2d@insightbb.com> :

>Again ... it's a personal preference.
>
>I'm a top poster.

Your choice, but still rude to switch posting styles in mid-thread.

>"Jud Hardcastle" <I5i5changethistodash5rbo@xemaps.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1fca3cdaa160574c9899a0@news.dallas.sbcgl obal.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
>

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