Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:23:57 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <20200611122357.5a0a71c6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=V7Jk1LUrsw8KjwcrXNrHMBim2gVe6dTAtR6C6wBPz2w@mail.gmail.com> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <ACE27C81-9437-41D6-BBD4-FA7A7B791428@kicp.uchicago.edu> <6a4f6a15-ec43-03f6-1a41-a109e445f026@anatoli.ws> <f667e8f9-b279-a3ce-3fc4-224ba17f4bbb@kicp.uchicago.edu> <00225a04-237d-9051-9aea-12c192106a20@anatoli.ws> <373EDB20-C750-42E2-A41B-EA61F6E49807@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200609120136.00005b3c@seibercom.net> <2393a1e0-b073-950a-78be-9f57d8e9934b@anatoli.ws> <e1f6623a-3b3c-a43e-446a-d41f20f69418@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200610063555.00003707@seibercom.net> <82F57D0D-E0EC-49F7-824E-20A296C9F549@kicp.uchicago.edu> <250b853a-b436-0e99-b05c-9abd6b6019ef@panix.com> <20200611070630.2cb42786.freebsd@edvax.de> <EA869B95-9D98-4ECC-9371-C57A0035BC32@kreme.com> <20200611091449.383e1d83@archlinux> <53a6833e-db63-2395-4d2e-f05a9b1fb269@boxsci.com> <CAEJNuHyxQ=Bm89wQ_8jPdmSXRDP5zPyHZYFi1XS%2BH6h1mAJZ_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=V7Jk1LUrsw8KjwcrXNrHMBim2gVe6dTAtR6C6wBPz2w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:53:30 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > As I said before the top posting rule really does fly in the face of > convention for most non-technical/mailing list oriented mail users. Hmmm... sorry, but I think that this statement is problematic, as it contains a significant contradiction: You use the term "most non-technical/mailing list oriented mail users", but non-technical users won't use a mailing list! The use of mailing lists is quite prominent among advanced users, while non-technical users seem to prefer web forums. So more or less, you can consider anyone using a mailing list to be an advanced (or at least, not "non-technical" user). > Thus > by ramming it down people's throats (even if they are experienced users) > just adds to the aloof/arrogant reputation FreeBSD has [...] I fully agree with your observation regarding "discussion tone". However, it's sometimes helpful to remind users that this list prefers (!) the regular reply style instead of top-posting, but it is definitely not a big problem to get access to and answers from this list if one can, for whatever reason, only top-post (and even better, is aware of this problem). After all, it's _not_ a rule, it's a suggestion that arises from a consensus about preference, nothing more, nothing less. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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