Maybe I should stop posting on usenet

[Recluse of Shame]

I feel kind of strange being in this newsgroup, like perhaps my google
groups account is not completely legit.

What is a "top post"? Someone on another newsgroup once admonished me
not to top post, but I was not sure what he or she meant by that. I
assume that a top post is a post, such as this current one, where it
is the first post in a thread.

[Soul Doubt]

FYI. Posting up here would be a "top post".

"Recluse of Shame" <bearn...@netzero.com> wrote in message
news:a452ff27-aaca-414c...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...

Posting down here is called a bottom post, meaning the reply was placed
below the original post. Top posting is/was considered bad form on usenet.
Not sure why. Top posting does cause the reader to scroll down to read the
bottom of a post before the top, whereas bottom posting better follows the
actual flow of the discourse.

Don't let the bastards grind you down. Keep posting R of S...

jerasmus

[Science Stunted Bonsai Brain]

The term "top post" only applies to a reply post. It's when you write
your reply first, and then quote below that.

Some people don't like it, because the text ordering is out of
chronological ordering.

[Gelly]

On Nov 9, 8:05 pm, Science Stunted Bonsai Brain <dearci...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Just curious, how do my posts from Google Groups show up, at the top
or bottom? They are on the bottom to me.

[Science Stunted Bonsai Brain]

On Nov 9, 9:20 pm, Gelly <gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious, how do my posts from Google Groups show up, at the top
> or bottom? They are on the bottom to me.

Well, I'm also using Google Groups, and that's how it looks to me.

[Rufus]

Bottom.