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CJefferson on April 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Top Posting Has Won (2018)

It's because, on mailing lists, I find those kinds of conversations can often have a low signal/noise ratio. Not always, but sometimes you end up with massive threads that go on for weeks, with increasingly huge messages.

That's not to say that always happens of course.

ColinWright on April 7, 2020 [–]

Agreed, but that's where judicious blocking and muting become essential, possibly on a discussion-by-discussion basis.

That will always be the case in a free-for-all such as mailing lists or forums, rather than a discussion between colleagues/friends.

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