Shooting yourself in the foot (or head):
One round in the bottom- vs. top-posting war
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
First, there is no end to the debate on
Secondly, I should disclose that I am a top-poster.
Thirdly, the obvious pathos of the message notwithstanding, I have never seen a more perfect, self-contained demonstration of the failings of bottom-posting than the following, which appeared on a mailing list ten days ago:
When it gets past the “Bottom-posting is better”, “No, it isn’t!”, “Yes, it is!”, “No it isn’t!!” stage, bottom posters produce three arguments to defend their practice, arguments that are outlined after the jump.
Tags: bottom-posting, email, Jonathan Swift, metaphor, top-posting