multi nested quoting

j · #1 Postby j » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:00 am

I have read this before in a post, but have never read a topic dedicated to it.

I personally hate nested quoting and if at all possible try to quote only a portion of text that is pertinent to my reply.

Just wondered what the rest of the group thinks about this? I feel its just pure laziness to quote a series of nested quotes, and counter-productive.

Let me ask how many of you when you see a page long nesting will just scroll to the end anyway looking for the author's remarks?

I do, and then I try to figure out just who the heck they are responding to! I find it verrrrry frustrating.

Comments??

Miss Mary · #2 Postby **Miss Mary** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:10 am

j - I'm with you on this one. But I'm odd that way. I also don't care for email forwards!!! Sometimes I quote other posts, but I try to delete what I'm not referring to. Just the part I'm commenting about. Hey, maybe that's frowned upon? LOL

And in answer to your question, yes I scroll down to read the person's comments, I don't re-read the quoted part.

Mary

mf_dolphin · #3 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:12 am

Mary that's encouraged not frowned upon :-)

Needless quotes especially nested quotes are just not necessary and make a thread more difficult to read. It also takes up needless storage on the site. Good thread J:-)

Miss Mary · #4 Postby **Miss Mary** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:16 am

Marshall - never thought about the storage issue. Something else to think about.....I don't need another reason not to quote someone!!!

This was a good topic j and I never knew it was called 'multi nested quoting'. Learn something new everyday!!!

M.

GalvestonDuck · #5 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:39 am

Mary, I totally agree about email forwards! Nested quotes on forums are bad enough. But in Yahoo groups (like the ones for ER), I used to get so many emails a day that I'd have to set it to digest mode so that I'd get about 20 messages all in one email. The problem was that half of those messages were forwards and people would just click reply, leave the original message attached, and then type their reply. So, by the time all the back and forth one-liner replies were through, I had already read the same thing 10 times over and over. The one-liners were bad enough! But when people wrote tomes on why Abby and Carter should be together or just what makes Kim better than Sandy for Kerry, in addition to all the headers and footers...those things could get LONG!

Both are a bit of a PITA, in my opinion.

Good post, J!

timNms · #6 Postby **timNms** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:46 am

I've learned to use the backspace and erase whatever part of the quote I don't want to use. I'm with you, J. I usually just scroll down and read the comment instead of rereading all of the quotes.

Lindaloo · #7 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:48 am

Guess I will have to get out of being lazy. lol.

GalvestonDuck · #8 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:56 am

Lindaloo wrote:Guess I will have to get out of being lazy. lol.

You will.

Bunch · #9 Postby **Bunch** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:06 pm

Quoting in general is annoying, and a waste of time. It's especially ridiculous when somebody quotes an entire post, responds with only two or three words, and their post just happens to be the very NEXT one in the thread.

Winnipesaukee · #10 Postby **Winnipesaukee** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:07 pm

I've sparked a revolution.

therock1811 · #11 Postby **therock1811** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:11 pm

What is PITA? Having said that, I quote a lot and sometimes I am guilty of quoting everything in the post...

mf_dolphin · #12 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:41 pm

Pain in the Arse :-)

#13 Postby **wx247** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:07 pm

Here is my take on the posting situation...

I think that quoting is necessary so that people know what post you are referring to. Sometimes we go off on tangents inside threads or someone says something specific that you want to comment on. If you don't quote... the meaning could be lost.

Also... if several responses are nested inside the quote (and I have done this) it isn't out of laziness... it is used so that the person who is reading my post will know what the heck I am talking about... especially if the quotes are coming from a page or 2 back.

I think that quoting just to be quoting is silly even though I do it a lot. However, until the mods or admins ask me to stop I probably won't. I find the feature useful.

weatherluvr · #14 Postby **weatherluvr** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:13 pm

I think the point here is that we should refrain from quoting long threads in their entirety, or quoting a quote of a quote, etc. For long threads, you should just quote the one part you are responding to, otherwise the meaning gets lost.

j · #15 Postby j » Fri Apr 16, 2004 5:39 am

weatherluvr wrote:I think the point here is that we should refrain from quoting long threads in their entirety, or quoting a quote of a quote, etc. For long threads, you should just quote the one part you are responding to, otherwise the meaning gets lost.

Perfect! ....quote...but only quote what is needed. If it's a short one...no problem, but long ones, more specifically as the title suggests "nested quotes", take the time to edit out what you don't need.

Garrett --- I agree with you, that quoting is necessary so we know which post you are replying to. I'm only b******g about the multitude of nesting.

Rainband · #16 Postby **Rainband** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:04 am

I usually put in Bold what I am referring too. Like Linda said, Time to stop being lazy :lol:

#17 Postby **wx247** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:24 am

Me too I guess Johnathan.

Rainband · #18 Postby **Rainband** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 3:50 pm

Glad we aren't alone Garrett

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