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RFC 1855: Top posting _is_ efficient--for the reader--in certain...

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Comment by Andrew Church
Submitted on 1/5/2005
Related RFC: RFC 1855
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Top posting _is_ efficient--for the reader--in certain contexts. If you're writing a 70-line reply to a 100-line message, I'll definitely want to see it in context; but if you're just dashing off a 3-line answer to a 5-line question, then replying at the top both allows me to read your text without having to scan (whether that involves scrolling or not!) through quotes and also provides me with the relevant context _in order of relevance_--i.e., most recent first.Frankly, I find it annoying when people stick to this no-top-posting "rule" even for short messages, as it wastes my already limited time, both as a writer _and as a reader_. I'll grant that some do not see it this way; but for that very reason, this should not be a hard-and-fast rule. After all, netiquette is about respect for the (particular) reader--not about who can color inside the lines better.

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