[Ruby] Top Posting (was Hacking Tomorrow!)

[Brasten Sager]

I'm still trying to figure out why everyone feels they need to tell  
everyone else how they should or should not be replying to posts.   
People tend to reply the way they would prefer to be replied to.  I  
prefer top-posting, but you don't see me telling everyone else they  
need to do it too.

There are more important things to discuss.

-Brasten

On May 22, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Ali Rizvi wrote:

> Here is my position/opinion/2cents on top posting, it is kind of a  
> middle
> ground (I am not sure if it would is persuasive enough to change the
> founding members' religion but  I am not even trying to do that).
>
> I think if you are responding directly to someone's question in the  
> thread
> then it makes perfect sense to copy the question and answer it  
> below the
> question (like what Eric did to my rubyforge SLA question, nice and
> readable).
>
> On the other hand if you are just posting a reply on the thread  
> that is not
> a response to a direct question and is just a new thought, opinion or
> suggestion there is no harm in top posting as it does not make  
> sense for
> other reading it to scroll through a lot of context. This would  
> work best
> with relevant subject like one of my pet peeves (although I have  
> mistakenly
> sent and regretted an empty subject line occassionally I try to have a
> relevant subject always).
>
> I think the model I described works in the case where you want to  
> preserve
> context (if someone just open this email they can find how the  
> discussion
> ended up here (if they want) and get the relevant information in  
> the best
> way possible.
>
> If you follow the golden rule then you don't even have to think  
> about it.
>
> Take it easy.
> Ali
>
> PS: Now I messed up the nice gmail threading by changing the  
> subject but may
> be that is a good thing.
>
>
>
> On 5/22/06, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby at zenspider.com> wrote:
>>
>> my sig says it all...
>> --
>> A: Yes
>> Q: Is top-posting bad?
>>   — Derek Milhous Zumsteg
>>
>> On May 22, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Frederick Alger wrote: