Excessive use of quote function on Punaweb

[missydog1]

I do save space with my quotes, John.
What I did above was an example of what I'm seeing in posts, not the way I would do it.
The problem isn't which button people push, rather pushing quote and then posting the resulting gawdawful mess without editing. I said the button is not your friend to people who are using it reflexively and not thinking about the result, not to people who use it like you do.

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Originally posted by Rob: I have been increasingly bothered by the over use of the quote icon. I do think it would be better if people were to cut and paste quotes. I may consider removing the quote icon but I'd like to hear what people think.

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That's the way I normally do it. I copy, code, and paste. It doesn't seem like a big deal to me one way or the other. My scroll wheel (or button on notebook) works just fine.

Edited because I hit } instead of ].
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[StillHope]

Kathy!

99% of the people on the forum don't use the full quote .Either using "Blah,blah.." like Mdd700 or just dots like me .

I actually can recall only one person who does it on regular basis.

And as I said,I used the "incorrect" way just once in almost 2 years

on the forum.

Starting the whole thread vs e-mailing a couple of people ...

Well..That's just my opinion.


- Withdrawn!

[Rob Tucker]

Stillhope, Don't take this so personally, its not about you.

Fact is I delete a lot of unnecessary quoting. Often it occurs without reason or rhyme. A twenty line quote from directly above with a three word post below.

This is probably an unsolvable problem and it is not a big thing overall. But some of these threads can quickly become hard to read.



Assume the best and ask questions.

Punaweb moderator

[missydog1]

Hope,
I don't email people with criticisms of their posting. It's not polite. I only email when I have something good to say, and prefer others treat me the same. Talking about posting etiquette in the forum, within the forum, is done to raise awareness. I said in my top post it wasn't about you, and then I said it again, and you are STILL being defensive. It's not necessary. The people who do this a lot aren't even posting in the topic. I posted hoping people will clean up their posts. If that happens, wonderful. No one is supposed to feel bad or singled out. (Another reason not to email.)

[StillHope]

Kathy,I meant that Rob would e-mail people since you already e-mailed him about the problem.