A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?


http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 11:28:51AM +0300, moshe green wrote:

There were (mostly) two kinds of warnings that I've handled, "80
character line length" and block comments structure.
Some of the changes involve handling two separate warnings in a single comment.
Where this occurs, should I break down the change into two steps -
fixing a warning at a time?
Or should I fix both warnings in the same commit - and place the
commit in the most appropriate patch?

Hm, use your best judgement here, what would you want to be on the
receiving end of if you had to review such a patch series?

thanks,

greg k-h