From Newsgroup: sci.lang
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.
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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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