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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Selling my iAudio X5Re: Selling my iAudio X5
From: Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:31 -0500 > > What, Paul, is so wrong with top posting? Please do enlighten us, and not > just tell us that we shouldn't do it. > 1) Fully quoting the entire replied to message fills the archives with many, many duplicates. Contextual quoting is much more efficient. 2) Contextual quoting preserves a normal flow of conversation, as well as meaning that someone new to the conversation can see the question being responded to BEFORE seeing the response, rather than having to reference footnotes. 3) The people who made the rules for this list, which have been in place since before I became involved in any way, said that they're the rules. So ask them why the rules exist, not me. They defined them, not me. I could simply say that, from my perspective, what's wrong with it is that there are posted guidelines for this list and they say not to do it, and until such time as you talk the list owner into changing them, violating them is wrong whether you agree with the guidelines or not, or whether they even have reason, because it's not your list. It's very similar to walking on the grass when you see a 'do not walk on the grass' sign: You may not think there's any harm in walking on the grass, but it's not your grass nor your right to make such a decision about someone else's grass. This is not your list, so the rules for it are as posted by the owners until such time as they change, whether or not you see good reason for them. Received on 2008-04-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |