Saucy said:
But you fail to understand a couple things or so:
1. I have one newsgroup server going - one - that's it. It is
msnews.microsoft.com and I use it directly.
Not failing to understand -- that's simply irrelevant!
2. Top-posting is perfectly acceptable on the Microsoft news servers.
No, people make EXCUSES to top-post on those servers, and those people
TELL people that it is acceptable. It is still wrong, even according to
Microsoft, and even in spite of how Microsoft built their own tools.
People make excuses to speed on the freeway, too -- and many do. That
doesn't mean it becomes proper to do so, and it certainly doesn't make
it smarter to do.
3. If someone has cross-posted too much with the Original Post, that's not
my problem quite frankly.
Totally separate issue, right? But you are making a new message, and
YOU decide where that gets posted. No, the original poster does not
decide for you.
Don't hit me for top-posting on the Microsoft
servers, hit the Original Poster for cross-posting all over the Internet.
You're assuming your "but Microsoft groups seem to allow it" is an
acceptable support for further argument. It's not, and it wouln't be
good enough if it were.
I
otherwise completely stick to the Microsoft servers and freely top-post as
is acceptable etiquette here.
No, ACCEPTED (by users). That does not mean ACCEPTED NEWSGROUP
STANDARD, it just means some users have made excuses for it. They have
in other groups, too -- and if no one minds, then there is no reason it
needs to come up.
But some people DO mind, don't they? Even in those groups, people
complain quite frequently, right? So you HAVE NOT got a uniform code.
It's simply one which some people ignore.
4. If you subscribe to Microsoft newsgroups, then you should be well aware
that top-posting is often the way with replies posted on Microsoft servers.
And I have given you several reasons why 'often done' is not the same
as 'proper' or 'acceptable.' Why do you resist? Is it bound into your
personal philosophy? Your identity? Just comply with the language rules
you have always been told about!
If this pains you and you are subscribed to msnews.microsoft.com newsgroups,
then unsubscribe.
You mean, if half the people in those groups top-post, it isn't a sign
of ignorance, it's a sign they have taken over and everyone who
disagrees with it must leave?
Why shouldn't the same exact thing apply (in those groups) to the
top-posters, who frequently are complained about?
If you are inadvertently viewing these
msnews.microsoft.com posts because the Original Poster cross-posted to
non-Microsoft groups you subscribe to and this pains you, see #3.
Actually, I think people are trying to help you, so that your messages
will make sense to people and you won't look so foolish. (just like the
people who routinely mispronounce or misspell words) If that isn't
something you care about, consider not posting.
