[Ilugc] TOP-POSTING
- From: kadambari.devarajan@xxxxxxxxx (Kadambari Devarajan)
- Date: Wed May 14 17:09:29 2008
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Raja Subramanian <rajasuperman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I've been using this technique for the past few years and am yet to
offended anyone, and at the same time I've managed to preserve
my own sanity.
I've been keeping track of the list for quite a few years now, albeit
passively. I have to concede I still don't understand the ruckus over the
order in posting! Guidelines are definitely not rules. Fine, even if
bottom-posting is mandatory here, IMO one doesn't have to raise a hue and
cry over anyone *not* sticking to it whatever be the reasons. If a newbie
sent a mail not satisfying the guidelines, it's upto the admin's discretion
to mail the person on top-posting or whatever - but when someone's asking
for some advice or something real urgent to be dealt with and requires help,
it breaks the continuity of the mail and becomes sorta irritating after a
while.Everyone has their own priorities and flaming repeatedly on guidelines
that people are either ignorant off or don't deem it necessary to adhere to
eventually beats the purpose of the mailing list! I'm sure there are better
things than nit picking frequently.
I agree that some action (?) should be taken say for a vacation responder
left on or advertisements of some type or those random silly mails that one
has learnt to ignore. But to keep harping on posting and structure becomes
irritating too. I've learnt to delete and ignore, and isn't the whole
posting-issue turning out to a be a worse waste of time than say, the time
saved by bottom-posting?
It's like the debate on dress codes - as long as person works efficiently or
atleast satisfactorily, what (s)he's wearing doesn't really matter. It's a
matter of comfort to the wearer.
I'm sure the admins find nit picking tedious too and if you're pointing it
out to the same person again, maybe the person simply doesn't want to work
that way. If you don't agree with the format of a person, just go ahead and
delete any mails. And it's kinda unfair - permitting posting in any language
even if a lot of readers don't understand while getting worked up over the
structure!
And that response of admins bending rules reminds one of the Indian
political bureaucracy! We understand that a lot of people are going outta
their way to be helpful and for sustaining the list- but this stringent
attitude on something so trivial has/will continue to put off a lot people.
What is applicable to the gander is applicable to the goose :)
Cheers,
Kadambari.
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