In article <eIScnRrp-_WWtmejXTWcpQ@giganews.com>,
 Frank Pittel <fwp@warlock.deepthought.com> wrote:

> In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Jon Pike <Anonomoose@hotmail.com> wrote:
> : Frank Pittel <fwp@warlock.deepthought.com> wrote in
> : news:lMmcnetUlrSaE2SjXTWcrg@giganews.com: 
> 
> :> In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Tesselator <jimmmboe@hotmail.com> wrote:
> :>: Really...  we're not gonna do that silly top posting thing on here
> :>: are we? Gawd I hope not!   It's extremely anal!  It's not correct.
> :>: and just wastes everyone's time.  Gripes about misspellings are even
> :>: more tollerable! 
> :> 
> :> 
> :> It's the people that whine about top posting instead of their prefered
> :> method of bottom posting that are anal. They don't even realize how
> :> much of a pain bottom posting is.
> 
> : 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.
> 
Top posting is for avid readers who follow threads

Bottom posting is for lurkers who want to follow conversations