Re: ASCII Art Fart for Tue, 2004 Nov 9

Ray Costanzo [MVP] wrote:
> 
> I see things as such:
>
> Hi, how are you?
> I'm fine, thanks.  You?
> I'm also fine.  How is your cat?
> Oh, my cat passed away.  :[
> Yikes!  I'm really sorry.
> Yeah, it sucks.
> Are you going to get a new one?
> Yes, I bought one on Ebay.
> Alright, well good luck with that.
> Thanks.

Then somebody is talking to himself. What I see a lot of is this:

> > > > > > > > > > Hi, how are you?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm fine, thanks.  You?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'm also fine.  How is your cat?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Oh, my cat passed away.  :[
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yikes!  I'm really sorry.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, it sucks.
> > > >
> > > > Are you going to get a new one?
> > >
> > > Yes, I bought one on 
> >
> > Alright, well good luck with that.
>
> Thanks.


Very different animal! If you are a regular reader of a group you can
safely assume that you have already read the older lines and go straight
for the second newest line. If you are reading it in a threaded format
you don't need the second newest line and can go straight for the newest
line (I often ignore interesting looking threads for a few days to let
them "mature" so I can read them more quickly, this also works well for
lurking). If you read the post out of context (which is also quite
common) it's nice to have the whole thing there (well, enough of it to
give a bit of context). Properly quoted text works for all these
different types of reading. Top posting does not.


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