sf wrote:

>>>>sf wrote:
>>>>> I'm not justifying anything. Bottom posting sucks because
>>>>> attributions don't stay with the message body.
>>>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:02:27 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>>> > wrote:
>>>>The do unless someone or someone's software ****s them up. Can't blame
>>>>inter- or bottom-posting for that.
>>>
>>sf wrote:
>>> OK, show me one example here in rfc, including anything from you,
>>> where the identification stays with the text in a multi quote post.
>>> At least with consistent top posting that can happen. Bottom posting
>>> sucks.
>>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:47:57 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>>First, define what you mean by "the identification stays with the text",
>>so I don't bother meeting your challenge only to find out that I
>>*misunderstood* your challenge.
>
> Show me something that looks like the above. It happens naturally (in
> reverse order, which I prefer also) by top posting.

Okay, I see what you mean. But in your example, of course, there's a
missing attribution - to my last post - at the top, where attribution
belongs, so the chain up there is broken.

No, that's not going to happen with inter- or bottom-posting. I do see
some people manually adding stuff like

Blinky said:

to each block when they bottom-post. What a waste of time.


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