[FFmpeg-user] top posting issue

Charles Winthrop charlie at nts-show.com
Thu Feb 4 16:54:37 CET 2016


Honestly it is a non-issue. 

I thought I was signing up for a technical discussion and support list, not a posting etiquette discussion list. Apparently ffmpeg has no such thing.


On February 4, 2016 10:50:43 AM EST, Jason C <jason.cipriani at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Feb 4, 2016 4:46 AM, "Roman" <romeo.r at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I've seen many times people asking/forcing not to top-post to the
>list...
>> So here I've got a question.. Why ? Most of programs, including gmail
>app
>> and gmail web come with top posting by default and this is the way
>all
>> people are used to read mail. Why the hell one should scroll down to
>see
>> the last post if it is very ok to see the last post on the top of
>incming
>> e-mail.
>> Where such attitude/culture comes from? Anyone to explain?
>
>There's no reason to clutter the mailing lists info with this one.
>
>Information about this etiquette, preferences for both styles, and
>history
>and reasons for both is *readily* available from *many* sources with
>cursory Google searching. The FFmpeg mailing list isn't the greatest
>venue
>nor is this discussion necessary.
>
>Simply type "top and bottom post" into your favorite search engine.
>
>Jason
>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Roman.
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