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Oh, I definitly think quotes are overused. I also think lots of other punctuation is overused as well. I could do just fine without #, ^, and ~.
Overused quotes
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diaglo
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sometimes, too
people answer the initial post question without reading all the other responses.
if they don't use quotes, it takes a minute or two to realize they have basically said the same thing as 4 pages of other posts or completely disagreed with those same 4 pages and you are left wondering what the heck they are doing.
people answer the initial post question without reading all the other responses.
if they don't use quotes, it takes a minute or two to realize they have basically said the same thing as 4 pages of other posts or completely disagreed with those same 4 pages and you are left wondering what the heck they are doing.
Buttercup
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alsih2o said:]Overused quotes
Today, 11:33 AM
Overused quotes Post #1
Gwarok
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Ok, I know some of you are really enamoured of the ability to directly quote a post above yours, but for the love of christ, if you are the first one to respond to a thread do you have to quote the entire thing thats directly above your post? If there is only one possible post to which your responding, I really don't think you need to emphasize it so as not to lose the rest of us. Its just kinda a pet peeve, but I see it all the time.
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Originally Posted by Gwarok
Ok, I know some of you are really enamoured of the ability to directly quote a post above yours, but for the love of christ, if you are the first one to respond to a thread do you have to quote the entire thing thats directly above your post? If there is only one possible post to which your responding, I really don't think you need to emphasize it so as not to lose the rest of us. Its just kinda a pet peeve, but I see it all the time.
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Rofl
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Overused quotes? "I waste them with my Xbow!"
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the Jester
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Though I totally agree with you, this does belong in meta.
On the other hand, sometimes you have to quote yourself to make a point or emphasize something, though it is annoying when someone quotes their entire post to discuss a single line of it.
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Though I totally agree with you, this does belong in meta.
On the other hand, sometimes you have to quote yourself to make a point or emphasize something, though it is annoying when someone quotes their entire post to discuss a single line of it.
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