Re: Why reply at the bottom of posts?

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ITinerant wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm just curious as to why so many replies are under the original post
> instead of at the top?

Inline is best when replying to more than one sentence/question in a
post. That way those that read your replies will be able to understand
what you are replying to, instead of having to assume which of your
comments was in reply to which of your sentence/questions.

> Personally I find this annoying to have to scroll to the bottom to
> see the latest reply.

That is your right.

> In fact, I usually go on to the next post when I'm just lurking.

Again, your right, but you may have just missed some kernel of wisdom,
just because you don't like how a response is formatted.

Personally, I think people that react to style over substance are fools.

> What news reader are folks using that does this?

I use OE.

> This isn't meant to be a mean spirited question.

And this isn't meant to be a mean-spirited response.

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