A: Because it messes with the readability of the reply, since the reader has to figure out what points you are addressing. Q: Why is top posting bad? On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Viaduct Productions <lists / viaduct-productions.com> wrote: > > BTW is there any beef about top-posting in here? ¨Â ëîï÷ óïíå ðåïðìå çåáìèõææ÷éôè ôèáô ¨Âáöéî> to scroll past a quotation is my beef with bottom posting. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." - Mr. Spock and countless Spock wannabes in Trek canon. -- Phillip Gawlowski gplus.to/phgaw | twitter.com/phgaw A method of solution is perfect if we can forsee from the start, and even prove, that following that method we shall attain our aim. -- Leibniz