[arch-general] Top Posting Revisited

[Calvin Morrison]

On 15 December 2011 22:07, Sander Jansen <s.jansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:17 PM, gt <codered12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello folks, i'll probably get flamed for reviving a very controversial,
> > yet consistently brought up topic.
> >
> > I have seen a similar thread last year, and every other day, someone
> > points out to someone that top posting is bad.
> >
> > I was off the list for a while, and now when i came back, the story is
> > still the same.
> >
> > I know top posting is bad, and i too sometimes preach people to avoid
> > it. But from what i've seen, most of the times, people don't bother, or
> > simply don't know what's wrong.
> >
> > Instead of having top-posting related mails in every thread, there
> > should be a better way out.
> >
> > I suggest all of the top-posting haters should including one of these
> > links or similar in their signatures.
> >
> > http://idallen.com/topposting.html
> >
> > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
> >
> > Also, we can have a forum and mailing list etiquette drive for a few
> > days, with mention in the arch linux news, the mailing list, and setting
> > it as the topic in the irc channel also.
> >
> > I know this is probably overkill, but it'll probably inform a lot more
> > people about these issues than some stray posts in every other thread.
> >
> > PS: Since arch is always ahead of the other distros in adopting new
> > stuff and bringing about change, let's be the first ones to spread some
> > netiquette.
>
> Perhaps you could do something more useful with your time. For
> example, you could write chromium browser plugin that forces
> bottom-posting in gmail...
>

Yeah lets all just spam fuck gmail devs because they won't add a automatic
bottom posting feature.

Seriously...