Re: The Apple ][ was crap

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Matthew S. Carpenter" <msc1983@mac.com> wrote in message
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> Biggobiggo@blue-win.ch07/25/2001 02:42 AM
> > Now tell me: what is top-posting?
>
>
> Hmmm...I'm not really all that sure what to make of your reply....I only
> know what cross-posting is, but I don't see how cross-posting should be so
> annoying unless its Spam (which could either be a meat which I find really
> disgusting, or those annoying ads such as the ones for penis enlargement
> which I actually find kind of humorous, who is so pathetic that they need
a
> large cock to raise their self-worth?) or flame wars (I HATE flame wars, I
> see them as a big waste of time) I suppose it would be replying at the top
> of a post rather than at the bottom..but if that is what it is then I
would
> say that you don't need to be a smart ass about it...unless its Spam they
> might not necessarily know that people don't like what there doing....

The problem with Crossposting is that it is sent to start a flamewar.
Most crossposters will post a message to multiple groups knowing
that it will inflame each group differently.  For instance, posting a
glowing review of an Apple product in a Commodore forum will
get Commodore people irate and feel they need to defend their
platform of choice.  Posting negative comments on the Commodore
platform also has the same effect if a message is crossposted to
that forum. On the other hand, if the message was crossposted
to the Tandy forum, they might agree with how horrible the
Commodore was and cause the Commodore people to get defensive.

> If you really don't like it when people reply to messages at the top of an
> e-mail, then you should first try politely requesting that they refrain
from
> doing so.  If you do that I will not do it any more. However, being a
smart
> ass about it is a good way to piss people off and encourage them to keep
> doing it.
>
> If I am incorrect in my assumption of what top-posting is then please do
> correct me on it.

Top-posting is placing your reply before the text you are replying
to.

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