Hi Sam,
I wasn't going to spawn a thread here in d-vote, but since your wise reflections seems to have inspired at least one Debian Leader now, I
will do it anyway...
Quoting Sam Hartman (2025-03-18 23:04:23)
I find MUA features that allow quoted blocks to be collapsed helpful for
this reason. (I find notmuch's default Emacs integration gives great
results for reading interleaved quoting with a screen reader for
example.)
However, I have come to the conclusion that for most discussions, top
quoting is far superior. The interleaved style encourages people to
respond point-by-point and to lose sight of the overall conversation
and how/weather their response fits into that.
I find your point, that interleaved quoting risks derailing the
conversation, enlightening. Thanks for that.
I beg to disagree on your conclusion, however, that top-posting is the
better choice.
I don't distinguish between interleaved quoting and top-posting, but
about posting-above-full-quote and posting-below-needed-quote. What I
mean by that is that it makes sense to me to always post below quoted
text, but also to actively reflect on what the post really responds to
and quote only the parts essential to that response.
Taking your point into account, my advice is therefore not to top-post
when responding to a post more broadly (as opposed to nitty gritty
details that risk feeding flames), but to *not* quote at all.
Kind regards,
- Jonas
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