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Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift)

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On 2026-04-04, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
> In article <10qrd58.1dig.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>,
> Frank Slootweg  <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>>Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> wrote:
>>> On 2026-04-03 11:10, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>> > On 2026-04-03, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
>>> > 
>>> >>    BTW, now we're 'complaining', *my* pet peeve is people quoting endless
>>> >> cumulative sections of previous text - often tens and tens to some
>>> >> hundred lines - without commenting on the text they quote and then
>>> >> adding only a few lines of new text.
>>> 
>>> > And then using that as a justification for top-posting.  Grrr...
>>> 
>>> TBH, it depends a lot on which newsreader you are using.
>
> Just to clarify, the "it" in the previous sentence is referring to the
> practice of not top posting.
>
> And yes, most "modern" (and/or GUI) newsreaders default to MS style (i.e.,
> top posting).
>
>>> ThunderBird makes it easy, /slrn/ makes it next to impossible.
>
> This surprises me.  I'd have thought exactly the opposite would be true,
> but I've never used either one.

In the slrn.rc(configuration) file, this will set the cursor at the
bottom of messages... set editor_command "vim -c %d '%s'"
Next to impossible ;)

>>  It doesn't matter if it's easy/easier or hard for the multitude of
>>(human) readers, the *poster* should spent the effort to make it easy
>>for *all* readers. Why should umpteen readers suffer, just because a
>>poster (i.e. *one* person) can't be bothered to do the right thing?
>
> I think you lost the thread here.  I don't see how the previous poster's
> words could be interpreted as having to do with the ease of reading.
>
> Of course, we are talking about the ease of posting.  And, of course, if
> software makes it difficult (or impossible) to do something, users of that
> software will shy away from (and not make any effort to correct the
> problem) using that functionality.  It is just the way the world works.
>

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Old geeks and thread drift Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-03 05:31 -0700
  Re: Old geeks and thread drift c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 10:37 -0400
  Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 14:45 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2026-04-03 16:05 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 14:27 -0400
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 19:29 +0000
          Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldij@alien.free> - 2026-04-03 15:07 -0500
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:48 +0000
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-04-04 07:14 +0200
          Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-04 05:29 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-03 18:10 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:50 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-04 05:55 -0700
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-04 14:10 +0000
          Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-04 14:21 +0000
            Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> - 2026-04-04 15:57 +0000
              Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-04 14:00 -0700
                Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-04 22:17 +0000
                Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-05 10:42 -0700
                Wayland vs. X11 (Was: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift)) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-05 18:28 +0000
                Re: Top posting (Was: Old geeks and thread drift) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 04:02 +0200
                Re: Top posting Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-05 10:00 +0100
                Re: Top posting Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:41 +0000
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-04 18:43 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-03 22:20 +0200
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-04 07:16 +1000
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-04-04 21:12 +1100
          Re: Old geeks and thread drift The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-04 13:22 +0100
    Unix-ness of Windows NT (was: Re: Old geeks and thread drift) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-04 00:18 +0100
      Re: Unix-ness of Windows NT Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-04 14:41 +0100
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 18:52 +0200
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-04 18:10 +0100
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-04 22:14 +0200
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-04 13:14 -0700
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:26 +0000

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