People, PLEASE stop it!

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People, PLEASE stop it!

Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

TigerGirl wrote:Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

:evil:

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well said :P
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Or use the silent treatment... :P
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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

Crusher wrote:
TigerGirl wrote:Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

:evil:

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well said :P


are you meaning like this?

what if we are addressing matters in the whole quote?
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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

Myseri wrote:
Crusher wrote:
TigerGirl wrote:Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

:evil:

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well said :P


are you meaning like this?
what if we are addressing matters in the whole quote?


Heh

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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

Bad Wolf wrote:
Myseri wrote:
Crusher wrote:
TigerGirl wrote:Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

:evil:

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well said :P


are you meaning like this?
what if we are addressing matters in the whole quote?


Heh

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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

gold demon weaver wrote:
Bad Wolf wrote:
Myseri wrote:
Crusher wrote:
TigerGirl wrote:Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

:evil:

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well said :P


are you meaning like this?
what if we are addressing matters in the whole quote?


Heh

BW

yes heh :roll:


I dunno what all the fuss is about :-s
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TG, why dont you just not read the quoted text? i dont. ^^'



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[AK]Syreck wrote:TG, why dont you just not read the quoted text? i dont. ^^'



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yes just read this bit
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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

TigerGirl wrote:Stop replying to someone by quoting their entire post, immediately after them! Few things on forums drive me more insane than reading someone's post, and reading the whole damn thing again quoted immediately below!!!

Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above, or to a specific line in someone's post that you want to quote to make your own post clearer.


Redundancy FTL!!!

:evil:

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i could sometimes do so, but others i don't know if i'll be the first to reply or not, since it's an "active topic" what i may be trying to say to one person, could be intercepted and misread by someone else who "stole" my spot in the thread since i was writing my reply slowly and carefully, instead of quickly, illegibly, and spammily.

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A few posts deleted.
Any more spam, and in addition to the new-posts going bye-bye, several more older ones when disappear.


On the subject... I agree. Unless the topic is short and concise (I.e. a two paragrapher made by someone dedicated to sticking to subject), quotes should be broken up. Though this clutters up your post, it does allow you to address specific things, and allows to reader greater insight into what you are speaking about.
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Re: People, PLEASE stop it!

TigerGirl wrote:Quoting should only be used when you're replying to a post a couple posts above...


Annoying isn't it.

It's a general lack of grasp on the English language as a whole from those who do that. It's laziness and ignorance, and instills the general impression that the person hasn't even bothered to read your post in the first place.

Even if slightly OCD to have a full scale rant about it, I'm agreeing :P
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