Because you lose context. Case in point. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote:
I thought I was familiar with the guidelines and never remembered this.
I top-post all the time. It seems much more natural to me when it's not convenient to intersperse comments into the previous message. Why I like top posting:
a) It means that I don't have to scroll to the bottom of a message which is sometimes pretty long. b) To me it is more natural to follow the style of other communications (artilcle, books, etc) which make their point in the main text and refer to footnotes, bibliographies, etc at the end of the main text.
The link says no top-posting - but there is no rational for this. What is it and why is it bad?
Robert Ramey
Stewart, Robert wrote:
Please don't top post. Refer to http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html#quoting for more information.
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