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Vladimir S. Oka
Kelsey Bjarnason opined:
Elsethread, pete gave you a very good example of how knowing who said
what matters.
I'm sure if (S)he really did they'd be perfect, and Usenet wouldn't be
asynchronous. Alas, this is not so...
But why would I have to trawl past articles, even if I could see them,
to find out who said what? Especially as that requires considerable
exercise of eyeball grep. OTH, it's actually less work for you to not
snip attributions.
These, as they are now, we could do without, IMHO.
Possibly. True.
Discussions of posting styles and topicality itself are always topical.
[snips]
If embedded quotes are irrelevant, snip them as well (as you did
above). Since earlier you didn't, it makes it important to know who
said what.
No, it doesn't. What matters is context.
Elsethread, pete gave you a very good example of how knowing who said
what matters.
If one needs further details, this is why God created news clients
I'm sure if (S)he really did they'd be perfect, and Usenet wouldn't be
asynchronous. Alas, this is not so...
capable of handling more than one article per thread,
But why would I have to trawl past articles, even if I could see them,
to find out who said what? Especially as that requires considerable
exercise of eyeball grep. OTH, it's actually less work for you to not
snip attributions.
Google groups and the like.
These, as they are now, we could do without, IMHO.
Your news client must be broken. Not my problem.
Possibly. True.
As a side note, this has bugger all to do with topicality. If you
want to continue, do it via email.
Discussions of posting styles and topicality itself are always topical.