"geoff" wrote in message
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In message op.ub2unisqpmo3dt@lucy, Duncan Wood
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On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:35:17 +0100, PCPaul wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:49:28 +0100, Rod wrote:

Roberts wrote:

Can someone explain to me about why not to top post?


You live longer if you don't. :-)

Convention - with good logical basis. If the thread were printed out,
what order would you do this in? Most people would expct page 1 to
start
with the first post and progress through from there.

Also, see http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html


A: Because it makes a thread confusing to read.
Q: Why is top posting bad?



But that's not a thread, that's a single post.
then multiply it by 10 - most people adopting the usenet convention of
proportional posting, with one eejit top posting so that the natural flow
of the thread is interrupted

do you really want to be that eejit?

Maxie, you said all of that so well. What does eejit mean?