Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website

date posted 2nd October 2006 13:33

On 2 Oct 2006, at 12:10, Richard Flack wrote:

> You have your method of posting, they have theirs. It's a difference
> of opinion, and I think it's highly arrogant for you to expect them to
> conform to *your* personal standards when it's just netiquette we're
> talking about here.

That's the same as me saying "Well, I think it's OK for me to turn up
2 hours late and call them a bastard when I get there - it's just a
meeting. How dare they be so arrogant as to expect me to conform to
*their* personal standards, who do they think they are?"

Politeness isn't about rules, it's just an accepted form within society.

Top-posting, not removing copious quotes off the bottom, etc. is like
not bothering to learn basic business etiquette. Sure, I'll tolerate
it, just don't expect me not to call it rude. Expect me to not want
to do business with you. Hell, if you're trying to sell me something,
don't be surprised if you've lost the sale right there.

I do 98% of my business online. Why should 'netiquette' not have the
same importance within my business transactions as personal etiquette
would have if I did 98% of my business face-to-face?

> There is no right or wrong answer here. Yes, bottom posting is more
> logical, but that doesn't make it 'right', just more sensible.

If you think I'm being harsh here, you should have seen what happened
to top-posters back in 1992...

> As for the meetings, well that comparison is just plain silly isn't
> it? That's like comparing fish to wood.

The comparison holds: politeness is politeness, business etiquette is
business etiquette. Around 95% of people I know think being late for
a meeting is rude, around 90% of the people I know find top-posting
and non-trimmed-quoting rude.

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Paul Robinson
http://vagueware.com