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Why top posting has won (2018)

I've recently realised that, in my head, there's a connection between top-posting in email and washing the dishes. Stay with me, I'll see if I can make the connection for you.

And human nature being what it is, we will always tend to put off unpleasant, uninteresting, or unrewarding tasks, even on those occasions when they will save the total time and work expended overall. Without putting in the effort all the way through, it's impossible to recover the situation, and even more time is spent trying to understand the thread, to untangle the points, and to find meaning. Human nature tells us that top-posting will always win unless some form of in-line posting becomes (a) painless, (b) compulsory, and (c) rewarding.

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