> On 2026-04-04, Kenny McCormack
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> In article
<[email protected]>,
>> Frank Slootweg
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Lars Poulsen
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On 2026-04-03 11:10, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>> On 2026-04-03, Frank Slootweg
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, now we're 'complaining', *my* pet peeve is people quoting endless
>>>>>> cumulative sections of previous text - often tens and tens to some
>>>>>> hundred lines - without commenting on the text they quote and then
>>>>>> adding only a few lines of new text.
>>>>
>>>>> And then using that as a justification for top-posting. Grrr...
>>>>
>>>> TBH, it depends a lot on which newsreader you are using.
>>
>> Just to clarify, the "it" in the previous sentence is referring to the
>> practice of not top posting.
>>
>> And yes, most "modern" (and/or GUI) newsreaders default to MS style (i.e.,
>> top posting).
>>
>>>> ThunderBird makes it easy, /slrn/ makes it next to impossible.
>>
>> This surprises me. I'd have thought exactly the opposite would be true,
>> but I've never used either one.
>
> In the slrn.rc(configuration) file, this will set the cursor at the
> bottom of messages... set editor_command "vim -c %d '%s'"
> Next to impossible ;)
>
>>> It doesn't matter if it's easy/easier or hard for the multitude of
>>> (human) readers, the *poster* should spent the effort to make it easy
>>> for *all* readers. Why should umpteen readers suffer, just because a
>>> poster (i.e. *one* person) can't be bothered to do the right thing?
>>
>> I think you lost the thread here. I don't see how the previous poster's
>> words could be interpreted as having to do with the ease of reading.
>>
>> Of course, we are talking about the ease of posting. And, of course, if
>> software makes it difficult (or impossible) to do something, users of that
>> software will shy away from (and not make any effort to correct the
>> problem) using that functionality. It is just the way the world works.