>>Aaaack! What happened to my thread?
    >>Paul
    > You top posted, so others hijacked it.

Pardon my ignoranace - but what does 'top posted' mean?


Paul



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You placed your response properly at the top of the message where it
would be easily connected with your name. Many of the locals find this
offensive since it means that folks trimming the comments will not mess
up the attributions and they will be connected with their comments.

For example, the "Paul wrote" below is connected with your comment about
ignorance instead of the Aaaack!. The attribution for the Aaaack got
lost in trimming.

Paul wrote:
    >>>Aaaack! What happened to my thread?
    >>>Paul
    >>You top posted, so others hijacked it.
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    > Pardon my ignoranace - but what does 'top posted' mean?
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    > Paul
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    >>Welcome to RTE.
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    >>DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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