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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>top-post</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="toor.html" title="toor"/><link rel="next" href="topic-drift.html" title="topic drift"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">top-post</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toor.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="topic-drift.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="top-post"/><dt xmlns="" id="top-post"><b>top-post</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] To put the newly-added portion of an email or Usenet
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response before the quoted part, as opposed to the more logical sequence of
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quoted portion first with original following. The problem with this
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practice is neatly summed up by the following FAQ entry:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0"><tr><td><pre class="screen">
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A: No.
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Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
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</pre></td></tr></table><p>This term is generally used pejoratively with the implication that
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the offending person is a <a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a>, a Microsoft addict
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(Microsoft mail tools produce a similar format by default), or simply a
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common-and-garden-variety idiot.</p><p>One major problem with top-posting is that people who do it all too
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frequently quote the <span class="emphasis"><em>entire</em></span> parent message rather than
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trimming it down to those portions relevent to their reply — this
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makes threads bulky and unnecessarily difficult to read and arouses the
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righteous ire of experienced Internet residents (this style is called
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“<span class="quote">TOFU</span>” for “<span class="quote">text over, fullquote under</span>”, or
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sometimes “<span class="quote">jeopardy-style quoting</span>”). Another problem is that
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top-posters often word their replies on the assumption that you just read
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the previous message, even though their perversity has put it further down
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the page than you have yet read. Oppose
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<a href="../B/bottom-post.html"><i class="glossterm">bottom-post</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toor.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="topic-drift.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">toor </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> topic drift</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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