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Cueball
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 Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:26 am |
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Maybe it's just me, and I am making something out of nothing, but I am finding that it is getting harder to read some of these topic threads when "A" quotes "B's" entire post, and then "C" posts "B's" entire post (which included all of "A's" post), and then "A" posts a response by quoting "C's" entire post (which included all of the above mentioned posts again). I am finding that I am reading and rereading entire posts multiple times... especially when "A's" response takes the entire previous text/s, and then puts part of his own response in the middle of the quoted text (as versus at the very bottom).
Can some of you folks please try to ease up on the use of making entire quotes of other posts, and just take the part of the post you need (rather than all of it) to make your point?
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Bazza
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cueball wrote: just take the part of the post you need Just hit the "quote" button, then highlight and delete from the quote the irrelevant text. Like I just did. 
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Murray C
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:46 am |
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cueball wrote: Maybe it's just me, and I am making something out of nothing Nope! Not just you Cueball. Quote: I am finding that I am reading and rereading entire posts multiple times... especially when "A's" response takes the entire previous text/s, and then puts part of his own response in the middle of the quoted text (as versus at the very bottom). Especially so when the "Preview" button is not used to proof-read before submitting. Quote: Can some of you folks please try to ease up on the use of making entire quotes of other posts, and just take the part of the post you need (rather than all of it) to make your point? Hear, hear!
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Phill Cross
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:44 am |
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AMEN!. These so-called quotes take up a whole page.
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TommyA
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Gets really tedious scrolling through them if you are reading from a phone
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earthling12357
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:21 am |
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earthling12357 wrote: I agree completely
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c. staley
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earthling12357 wrote: earthling12357 wrote: I agree completely Me too.
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Kuelman1
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:26 am |
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PHiLL wrote: Can I get an "Amen" Amen!
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mckyj57
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c. staley wrote: earthling12357 wrote: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. ...repeat 8 times... earthling12357 wrote: I agree completely Me too. Me too!
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Phill Cross
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@ mckyj57 - really  
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mckyj57
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PHiLL wrote: @ mckyj57 - really Just funnin'. I am all for snipping posts.
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Cueball
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:35 pm |
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mckyj57 wrote: Just funnin'. I am all for snipping posts. It's Greek to me.
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ripman8
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Hmmm, help me out here. I've been looking for two hours and I don't see ANY posts from anyone named - c, b, or a. I give up!
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Murray C
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mckyj57 wrote: Just funnin'. I am all for snipping posts. Really! Could've fooled me  
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ripman8
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My belated New Years resolution is to cut them down if I use them.
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Lord Burnstrum
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I always confine quoting to one level, ie the single post I am replying to. If on occasion I am quoting more than one post I use this discipline: Quote: Quote A Comment 1Quote: Quote B Comment 2Quote: Quote C Comment 3
Etc... Or spread the quotes and comments over multiple posts of my own depending on forum policy. Some forum software can be configured to automatically trim chains of quotes by either an admin-defined cutoff level or by quoting the core message of the original message and ignoring any other {quote} tags. E.g, if I quote and reply to Message C, then Person 3 wrote: Person 2 wrote: Person 1 wrote: Message A Message B Message C
becomes Person 3 wrote: Message C Message D
Vbulletin does this*, not sure if PHPBB does. *Either that or something similar, don't quote me on that 
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jdmeister
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cueball wrote: Maybe it's just me, and I am making something out of nothing, but I am finding that it is getting harder to read some of these topic threads when "A" quotes "B's" entire post, and then "C" posts "B's" entire post (which included all of "A's" post), and then "A" posts a response by quoting "C's" entire post (which included all of the above mentioned posts again). I am finding that I am reading and rereading entire posts multiple times... especially when "A's" response takes the entire previous text/s, and then puts part of his own response in the middle of the quoted text (as versus at the very bottom).
Can some of you folks please try to ease up on the use of making entire quotes of other posts, and just take the part of the post you need (rather than all of it) to make your point? cueball wrote: Maybe it's just me, and I am making something out of nothing, but I am finding that it is getting harder to read some of these topic threads when "A" quotes "B's" entire post, and then "C" posts "B's" entire post (which included all of "A's" post), and then "A" posts a response by quoting "C's" entire post (which included all of the above mentioned posts again). I am finding that I am reading and rereading entire posts multiple times... especially when "A's" response takes the entire previous text/s, and then puts part of his own response in the middle of the quoted text (as versus at the very bottom).
Can some of you folks please try to ease up on the use of making entire quotes of other posts, and just take the part of the post you need (rather than all of it) to make your point? cueball wrote: Maybe it's just me, and I am making something out of nothing, but I am finding that it is getting harder to read some of these topic threads when "A" quotes "B's" entire post, and then "C" posts "B's" entire post (which included all of "A's" post), and then "A" posts a response by quoting "C's" entire post (which included all of the above mentioned posts again). I am finding that I am reading and rereading entire posts multiple times... especially when "A's" response takes the entire previous text/s, and then puts part of his own response in the middle of the quoted text (as versus at the very bottom).
Can some of you folks please try to ease up on the use of making entire quotes of other posts, and just take the part of the post you need (rather than all of it) to make your point? 
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