bottom-post

English

Etymology

From bottom +‎ post.

Noun

bottom-post (plural bottom-posts)

1. (Internet, dated) A post on an online forum whose contents are placed below a quoted message which is being replied to.
   • 2001 October 4, Don D., “SkriptKiddie Trying something”, in rec.travel.cruises‎ (Usenet):

     If you don't like to read bottom posts - don't. No one is going to change so let it be.

Verb

bottom-post (third-person singular simple present bottom-posts, present participle bottom-posting, simple past and past participle bottom-posted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, Internet, dated) To make a bottom-post.
   • 2004, Rickford Grant, Linux for Non-Geeks, San Francisco, C.A.: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 294:

     The proper netiquette on this list is to "bottom post," which means that you reply to a previous poster's comments after the original comment.

Derived terms

• bottom-poster

Related terms

• side-post
• top-post

Further reading

• Posting style on Wikipedia.Wikipedia