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  Top-posting is universally annoying? "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-01 19:11 +0000

#308519 — Top-posting is universally annoying?

Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?

     ----------      it sure aint  top-posting!!!


athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
> 
> Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> posted:
> 

     but  Top-posting is the norm in email and ML (Mailing Lists)!


> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > A: Top-posting.
> > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?
> 



> The second most annoying thing is seeing the hen's posts. Why do otherwise
> sensible people insist on replying to them? Killposting saves one from seeing
> them in their virgin state, but not from seeing them quoted in full. 
> 
> -- 
> athel
> 
> Living in Marseilles for 39 years; mainly in England before that,
> with long periods in Singapore, California, Chile and Canada 


        ------ Calif. is like a nation ! ! !

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