email list etiquette

[Grant Lenahan]

as I PMd brett, the real reason that new posting should come *before*  
is that it is visible in the preview window of most email readers.   
Most comments are 1-2 lines. Its nto like reading a book.

Grant


On Aug 23, 2009, at 12:06 AM, George Selby wrote:

> At 09:33 PM 8/22/2009, you wrote:
>> I'm with Ed.  I think the new stuff should come first.  Reading  
>> electronic
>> messages differs from reading a book.
>
> That's crazy talk.  That's like hearing a conversation from the end
> first, then gradually understanding what people are talking
> about.  It makes much more sense to have what the person is replying
> to up top, and then reading the reply.  That way you get the subject
> of the reply first, then the reply.
>
> I also hate message boards where they post the most recent post at
> the top.  Then you have to read back and see what people are talking
> about.  It also makes it hard to keep up with a protracted
> thread.  If you have already read the first 8 pages of a thread, it's
> easy to know to go to the start of page 9 and pick up where you left
> off.  With the top post first, you have to figure out where the new
> posts start, then go there and start reading up.
>
>
> George Selby
>
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