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Re: Quotes
Reply #30 - Oct 12^th, 2014 at 10:45pm

Quotes, per se, aren't the problem.

The issue (for me, at least) is when someone (or two someones) gets into a debate and each quotes the
whole bloody 'tree' at the other, which of course grows larger and more unwieldly with each successive
'quote & post'.

Seriously, it's not necessary, and not hard to avoid. But I have to suspect that some of us have no editing
or word-processing skills whatsoever, and so can't entirely be blamed.

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Re: Quotes
Reply #31 - Oct 13^th, 2014 at 8:57am

Kat wrote on Oct 12^th, 2014 at 10:45pm:

Quotes, per se, aren't the problem.

The issue (for me, at least) is when someone (or two someones) gets into a debate and each quotes the
whole bloody 'tree' at the other, which of course grows larger and more unwieldly with each successive
'quote & post'.

Seriously, it's not necessary, and not hard to avoid. But I have to suspect that some of us have no editing
or word-processing skills whatsoever, and so can't entirely be blamed.

I think that is what the thread is about... people quoting lengthy posts yet only having a go at each other.... or someone else....we have got rid of those that filled a whole page up with a slogan like drah had a habit of doing....but this is no better who read the whole text anyway???>.. they only answer the last one...and its usually off topic.. Angry

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Re: Quotes
Reply #32 - Oct 26^th, 2014 at 1:57pm

freediver wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 7:19pm:

Neferti wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 6:54pm:

freediver wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 6:49pm:

Neferti wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 6:47pm:

freediver wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 6:42pm:

skippy. wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 6:26pm:

Neferti wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 6:01pm:

Freediver, mate, pal etcetera ........ could you please LIMIT the quotes in posts to, say, the last 3?

It becomes most annoying when replying to a post, there are reams of quotes and somebody just says "I agree" ... then the next person quotes all the quotes and states "exactly".

Kiss

I agree.

But I really do, it's a good point. I reckon it's because many of us use iPads or phones to post and it's a pain to just copy the most pertinent quote of a group. That's my excuse anyway.

YaBB does not have the same feature as phpbb that allows you to do this.

bugger.

Tell me about it.

It is effing annoying.

I think we have a rule about it already. Not sure where.

Just throwing in my bit - my brain goes to sleep when I see endless pages of repeat repeat of the same stuff... I just go to another strand.

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Re: Quotes
Reply #33 - Nov 21^st, 2014 at 10:24am

Neferti wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 7:39pm:

Bullshit ..........

You should be able to reply to a post without adding ALL the rubbish. Perhaps "REPLY" should be more relevant than "QUOTE"?

I think that too many "debates" get side-tracked due to the annoying "quote" almost every thing anyone said on the subject for the last ...... month?

Let's get back to BASICS.

"2 times 2 equals ... "

You've got my vote.

The reason we can have 5 original one-liners occupying 2 entire pages that are otherwise filled with chains of quotes is because the posters are too bone bloody-lazy to make the relevant deletions.

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