[jolmg]

You can still make the decision whether to top-post or inline-post based on your recipient. Programmer's mailing list -> inline post. Family member -> top post. You can send a stranger an inline post, somehow confirm they were able to view it, and include them in your mental whitelist of people that understand inline posting.

Kind of like how one adjusts their language / choice of words / choice of topics based on their recipient.

[leakycap]

No one except fellow older tech heads seem to speak in the old ways