What is the definition of topping?
Aug 6th, 2004, 01:07 PM
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Each time a person adds a reply to a thread it goes to the top of the list.
So whether someone writes a message or merely types in anything (i.e., ttt or topping) it brings that original post to the number 1 position.
So whether someone writes a message or merely types in anything (i.e., ttt or topping) it brings that original post to the number 1 position.
Aug 6th, 2004, 01:17 PM
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Newbies are often mystified by "topping" - - not merely what does it mean, but "why?"
It's a bit obsolete - - but until early 2003, there was no way here on this website to direct another visitor here to find a "thread" from the past - - so the practice of "topping" (bringing an old message back up "to the top"
was widely used, to help connect an old answer to a new question. Of course, it was fleeting.
Nowadays, it is usually just used as an aid to help a newbie have a better chance to find his/her own earlier question(s). Few new visitors here realize that a question posted yesterday is most likely 200-400 questions "deep", and thus requires multiple clicks on "next 50" to dig back to find it.
And many do not realize that is always possible to find all previous posts by clicking on your own name.
Welcome to the forum.
Best wishes,
Rex Bickers
Floyds Knobs, Indiana
oh, and p.s., if you don't know how to cite, or direct someone to an "old" thread, see http://www.fodors.com/forums/faqs.cfm#Q3A
It's a bit obsolete - - but until early 2003, there was no way here on this website to direct another visitor here to find a "thread" from the past - - so the practice of "topping" (bringing an old message back up "to the top"
was widely used, to help connect an old answer to a new question. Of course, it was fleeting.Nowadays, it is usually just used as an aid to help a newbie have a better chance to find his/her own earlier question(s). Few new visitors here realize that a question posted yesterday is most likely 200-400 questions "deep", and thus requires multiple clicks on "next 50" to dig back to find it.
And many do not realize that is always possible to find all previous posts by clicking on your own name.
Welcome to the forum.
Best wishes,
Rex Bickers
Floyds Knobs, Indiana
oh, and p.s., if you don't know how to cite, or direct someone to an "old" thread, see http://www.fodors.com/forums/faqs.cfm#Q3A
