On Thursday 06 September 2007 09:51, Sunny wrote:
In support to Eberhard:
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Here is how it goes: someone comes to this mailing list to ask for help. Obviously this guy has something to learn. And he is the one who needs help. Together with the right answer, he is provided with a little bit more knowledge - what are the customs here, and why bottom-posting is more acceptable.
And now we here, that this guy, who needed information - refuses to use it, because he is so important, that he can not be bothered to move the cursor down few lines and to trim the irrelevant part of the conversation.
The message I read is: "I can save myself few seconds to not prepare my post as most of the users here expect, and you guys have the obligation to recognize how important my time is, and spend yours to scroll up and down and to help me."
In my dictionary the softest word I can use for such an attitude is "inpolite".
I think this is the crux of the matter. One person saves a little time by using the least effort path from where he (or she) is to where they want to get. In the process they produce inordinate burden on hundreds or maybe thousands of people, the same ones being asked to lend help! (This is the same thing that leads to thread hijacking. It's "so much" easier to use the Reply command 'cause it pre-fills the To: header.) At least this list has people on it who care about decorum and list etiquette. The large majority of the lists I participate in (and it's a lot of 'em) are populated by people with atrocious habits. [ By the way, in my dictionary, it's "impolite." ]
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-- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)
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