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Bottom/Top posting is like deciding which side of the road to drive on - it's more important to do what everyone else does, rather than follow a "correct" system.

Every Silicon Valley corporation I've ever worked for has followed a top-posting model, ergo, I top post when communicating with them.

On the flip side, Open Source mailing lists like LKML bottom post, so I bottom post when communicating with those communities.

At the end of the day, after 10 years of daily use, I've never really noticed much of a difference between the two systems - as long as everyone uses the same approach consistently within the community, it's pretty straightforward to follow the thread.



Clients should be able to allow you to switch between top and bottom posting at will.


Wave solved this problem really well. I wish it had worked out.




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