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Re: Obit - Sir Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer [message #411250 is a reply to message #411232] Sat, 25 September 2021 05:12 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Originally posted by: Stéphane CARPENTIER

Le 25-09-2021, Branimir Maksimovic <branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com> a écrit :
> On 2021-09-24, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> <...>
>> A: Because it reverses the normal top to bottom temporal order of English
>> language text.
>>
>> Q: Why should one not top post?
>>
>>
> Because you break automatism and MAKE people AWARE of TEXT, because they
> HAVE TO READ ALL in order to FIGURE OUT what you are replying.

That's the purpose of removing everything out of context. Because usenet
is an asynchronous media, when you read the answer a week after, it can
be good to have a little context. It avoid the need to chose between
reading again the all message and reading nothing of it.

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