Re: Unnecessary Bitch (WAS: Re: [cobalt-users] Symb. Link)

[Dom Latter <d.latter@xxxxxxx>]

Kris Dahl wrote:
> 
> I can see it on some of the really lame situations where there is like 5
> sigs at the bottom of the page, etc. But for the love of god, 282 bytes is
> just ridiculous to even mention.

"It's not about bandwidth" is what always comes up in this debate.

Perhaps the point about netiquette is better made about a "trivial offence"
than something that is obviously out of order.

> Typically the common etiquette nowadays is to write *after* the post so that
> its easier to follow a thread.  It also makes it a lot easier to interject
> comments such as I am doing.

Which is *why* - even if it's only a one-liner question and a one-liner
answer - top-posting is a bad idea.

> It used to be post first, then quote but its pretty much gone the other way
> (which I vastly prefer).

I'd disagree with you, Kris.  It always used to be known that quote then post
is the way to do it.  But then, people used to lurk and observe for a while 
before joining in.