How is this?
Star Traveler wrote: “little hint... put the other comments (your quote of another FReeper) first, and then yours. And somehow distinguish between the two. It becomes awfully confusing as to what is going on when one reads your replies... as I said, just a hint ... :-)”
Yeah, that would distinguish it, but I see you’ve fallen into the “top posting” routine, which no one else here is using or doing — and just that, by itself — will confuse people who come across it. Now, that I know you’re doing “top post”, but it’s still quite “disconcerting” to readers... just letting you know...
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When a message is replied to in e-mail, Internet forums, or Usenet, the original can often be included, or “quoted”, in a variety of different posting styles.
The main options are interleaved posting (also called inline replying, in which the reply is woven into the original post), bottom-posting (in which the reply follows the quote) or top-posting (in which the reply precedes the quoted original message). For each of those options, there is also the issue of whether trimming of the original text is allowed or required. While each online community differs on which styles are appropriate or acceptable, within some communities the use of the “wrong” method risks being seen as a breach of netiquette, and can provoke vehement response from community regulars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
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I also use “interleaved posting” with longer replies of mine back to other posters, in addition to always using “bottom posting” to all shorter replies. These are the various “conventions” used when posting replies.
But, really, look through all the Free Republic threads and I doubt if you find more than even one or two “top posting” people... :-)