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Old June 10th 09, 06:56 PM posted to rec.photo.darkroom
David Nebenzahl
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On 6/9/2009 10:16 AM Frank Pittel spake thus:

john joseph wrote:

: I'm rather surprised to read Frank's comment. He's an old-timer and
: admin expert.

It makes sense when you think about it. I set tin to thread on
subject. This means when I see a thread I'm interested in with say 10
posts. I select that thread and I get the first post in the thread
then I get the second and so on. By the time I get to the second post
I've already read the posts that preceeded it and I'm only interested
in the new content. When the new posts are top posted the new content
is at the top and is easy to find and read. When the new post is
bottom posted I have to go look for it.


Well, actually, it *doesn't* make sense when you really think about it.

Your statement above assumes that a thread takes a linear path and
sticks strictly to its subject. As we all know, this is often not the
case here. Sometimes someone will take a particular aspect of the
question and discuss it, or even introduce an entirely new part of the
topic, or a new topic altogether. Going by your method, all this would
be lost without quoting and attribution, which is why it makes sense to
do it.

As a rule I don't read the old content every time I read a message.


That may explain why you're often confused about things.


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