Top or bottom?

[undyingking]

I just had a brief email exchange with someone about the merits (or otherwise) of top-posting. The difference of opinion was such that I thought maybe I was going mad it would be a good idea to do a quick vox pop among you lot. So here goes!

[Poll #1085629]

Comments

[jvvw.livejournal.com]

I think there's possibly a difference between an e-mail exchange where you know everybody is reading everything chronologically (because for instance they form the other half of the conversation!) and a large mailing list exchange where somebody might want to jump in at the end, although I don't really engage in the latter. Is it really possible to follow such a discussion without reading at least the majority of the posts though?

Outlook shows you the top of the message and it's really annoying to have to scroll down to see the new content, as a result when I use Outlook for work, it actually really annoys me if people don't top-post. Gmail removes quotes so it's all a bit irrelevant there.