Re: Why reply at the bottom of posts?

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I'm with you. I much prefer the reply to be at the top of the message.
However "Top Posting" seems to get a bad rap in Newsgroups.

Lardy.


"ITinerant" <rsvp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eLU4GMToFHA.3152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> I'm just curious as to why so many replies are under the original post
> instead of at the top?
> Personally I find this annoying to have to scroll to the bottom to see the
> latest reply.
> In fact, I usually go on to the next post when I'm just lurking.
>
> What news reader are folks using that does this?
>
> This isn't meant to be a mean spirited question.
>
> / ITinerant
>


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