daytripper wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:12:07 -0500, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:

Not even sure, don't care really, if i spelled it right but for the net
nannies:

After snipping and replying to usenet posts for some time now, I agree top
posting is a pain in the arse to follow at times, but why is top posting
such a usenet no-no when responding to email, top posting is quite common
and acceptable?

A dummie wants to know

It's a rare usenet thread that consists solely of an initial post and a single
reply.

Following more typical, multi-response/multi-responder threads is a heck of a
lot easier if the "transcript" follows the same chronological order as the
posts...

/daytripper (pretty simple, really)

as long as some of the threads have been here in ROFF, they are not
unique.
some of the soc.religion... groups from earlier days had single
threads spanning more than a year. trying to follow a theological
discussion with a mix of top and bottom posting was near impossible.

it is just a whole lot easier to follow the running conversation
reading down the page as is the convention for western languages....