"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@charter.net> wrote in message 
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> Got Whiz? Cheese that is... wrote:
>> But, then this isn't a book. This is a conversation. Bottom posting is 
>> like talking to someone except before you say anything new to the person 
>> you repeat what has already been seed before. Bottom posting is stupid.
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>>>>: People prefer to bottom-post because that's how normal people normally
>>>>: read. They start at the top, and go down. Noone starts at the bottom 
>>>>of a
>>>>: page and works their way up.
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> Actually, some cultures DO write from the bottom up, but it is not the 
> norm in English.  Top posting leads to confusion since one sees an answer 
> before the question.  Perhaps die-hard Jeopardy fans will feel at home, 
> but most people would prefer the 'normal' order, which is top down.
>
If you are carrying on a conversation with just one person, top posting 
works pretty well, since that one person has little trouble remembering you 
and what you said last. The place where top posting doesn't work very well 
is on forums like these, where over a hundred people will be reading your 
post, and some of these people have just arrived after a week at the top of 
a mountain somewhere. For these, top posting saves no time, and is just a 
pain in the ass........