A General Observation On Constantly Quoting Our Friends On Ab

[Mosaic]

Is it me? But I'm seeing miles of page space taken up by //copying and pasting exactly what someone has posted// than adding one's own two pennorth.
This then becomes part of an online copy and pasting competition between a small group of combatants.

It's exactly like a yearning for 1990s IT has broken out. remember? When forums automatically churned out miles of unnecessary text?

[Canary42]

It clarifies the response if it is not directly responding to the OP. Omission leads to misunderstanding.

[RandyMarsh]

It clarifies the response if it is not directly responding to the OP. Omission leads to misunderstanding.

I agree with this.

[EcclesCake]

The C&P posts make my head hurt, the posters claim it's for clarity but by and large it rarely clarifies anything for me.

It may be easier to read if AB allowed for quotes to be inserted in a separate box as I've seen on other forums, at least then it is easier to recognise the C&P element.

[Mosaic]

Lol Randy! but lost marks for omitting the // \\

[andy-hughes]

As a regular 'cutter and paster' I am in agreement that it works - especially if referring to a post which may not be visable - it may have dropped onto the previous page.

Some people complain, but only a few, and you can't please everybody.

[Mosaic]

Andy, do you really cut and paste a lot? I'd never noticed.....

PMSL

[andy-hughes]

Mosaic - //Andy, do you really cut and paste a lot? I'd never noticed..... //

I do, I am surprised you have not picked up on it - maybe you don't post on the same threads as me?

[Mosaic]

Stop it! Have to do laundry!

[jomifl]

at least it clarifies to what the writer is referring. You don't have to read it again if you have already read it.

[andy-hughes]

Mosaic - //Stop it! Have to do laundry! //

Ok, pax .... LOL!!

[Mosaic]

//Mosaic - //Stop it! Have to do laundry! //

Ok, pax .... LOL!! //

Just for clarity....... ;)

[-Talbot-]

RandyMarsh
It clarifies the response if it is not directly responding to the OP. Omission leads to misunderstanding.

I agree with this.


I disagree, it can get tiresome, I've seen it happen often even when the reply is directly below the post being replied to.

[-Talbot-]

jomifl
at least it clarifies to what the writer is referring. You don't have to read it again if you have already read it.


How do you know you have read it until you start reading it?

[agchristie]

I have been caught out using the ^ symbol only to see someone had jumped in quickly so I ended up not referring to the intended post!!

[Elina]

Have to say, I have seen this used on the same page too, all I had to do was scroll up. It's not neccesary on the same page. Thanks for highlighting this.

[Bathsheba]

I agree with Lina, + not just because she's a mate of mine ;)

x x

[naomi24]

If I’m responding to a post a distance away I tend to copy and paste the section I want to refer to, along with the poster’s name – otherwise my post makes no sense to the reader - but copying and pasting the irrelevant bits of someone else’s post just creates unnecessary repetition - not to mention confusion - and often sheer tedium.

[mccfluff]

its really irritating, if we had the facility for quotation boxes, would made it much clearer, often especially in news there are pages and pages of c&p and some in there are a tad on the "wordy" side.....

[B00]

Make it easier on yourself and follow my example- ignore 'em all!

AndyH, God love him is the main culprit for this, and I really do love him dearly, but I can't being myself to read his looooooooooooooooooong posts with the downright weird //'s thrown in. What is wrong with using the quote marks on your keyboard?