Re: Why reply at the bottom of posts?

>If I had my way, I would do away with web based newsgroups and have
>everybody use OE or similar as their newsreader..

AMEN!

However, I speak this because it is the only way I know and have used. I
find all other measures uncomfortable. Not that I can not be a conformist
if need be, just feel comfort enough where I am.
--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com



"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:unLJWgboFHA.3068@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Leythos
>
> I only ever keep public posts for 5 days.. in that period of time, the
> only postings that grow quickly are where people are arguing.. I try to
> avoid posts where there are a large number of threads, and I remember the
> ones that interest me.. and I never scan Google groups or look back for
> anything other than what I have flagged.. I also think that if one reads
> threads starting with the original post, there is a better chance of
> getting a full picture.. sometimes, the threads in between lack info that
> may have been pertinent because of careless snipping.. of course, doing it
> this way leads to much frustration when I have to scroll down to the lower
> portion of each thread.. :-)
>
> Re. Usenet, I have been around for a long time under various guises and
> from a variety of locations, but who cares.. I adapted to using OE, and
> regardless of old Usenet rules, I use it in a way that suits me while
> still helping those who ask for it.. is that not what newsgroups are all
> about?.. standing on ceremony all of the time holds progress back..
>
> If I had my way, I would do away with web based newsgroups and have
> everybody use OE or similar as their newsreader..
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d6a8711a115aefe989bc8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <eQ7nHuaoFHA.2484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> mike.hall.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> Leythos
>>>
>>> I use OE and keep posts for no longer than 5 days in the public groups..
>>> I
>>> flag all that I answer or where I am interested in how something is
>>> answered
>>> by another.. read and unread are all showing.. I have found that posts
>>> are
>>> rarely active for more than 5 days, and many do not last even close to
>>> that.. so I don't really care if posts are dropped in other systems.. I
>>> would not know about it anyway because of my modus operandii here.. :-)
>>>
>>> Quote: Look at it like reading a page of a book, or like chapters in a
>>> book, you don't start at the end and read backwards. <end>
>>>
>>> You are absolutely right in the above, but then again, I don't join a
>>> book
>>> in the middle and hope that there is enough info to save me having to
>>> start
>>> at the very beginning..
>>
>> Mike - In all your time here I can't believe that you've always entered
>> a thread at the start and never joined one in the middle. If that's the
>> case you've not been on Usenet very long. I don't get paid to sit around
>> and monitor the groups, but I have my systems setup to show only new
>> articles and scan for ones that I've participated it as well as ones
>> that catch my eye - since I may have marked a entire group as read
>> without reading every post, sometimes I find a thread that I missed
>> before - it would be a total PITA to have to go back and pull the thread
>> or to have to scan google for the start.
>>
>> There are a few groups where Top Posting is normal (like HTML also), but
>> MS really f'd it up when they didn't create a quality Usenet client and
>> let people come into Usenet with a cheap email client.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>
>


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