On 2022-09-18, NAPALM <trim@your.post> wrote:

> Salutations to ye netizens of ye olde Usenet. Do any of you know how to
> trim your posts before submitting?
>
> I have to spend most of my Usenet reading time scrolling past quoted
> text, rather than reading. Many posts appear as gangly hydras of broken
> quotational gibberish lines. This ungainly sight is a digital horror.

And, unfortunately, it is taken by many as an excuse to top-post.

In keeping with the topic, the rest of the message is snipped. :-)
(And followups are trimmed to a.f.c.)

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