Please kill (or cripple) quotes.

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  1. markx2

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    zipper Well-Known Member

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    What are you talking about? That quote was totally necessary.
     
  3. Kamazar

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    I would have had NO idea what the guy was talking about had I not seen the quote.
     
  4. looman9635

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    +1 =)
     
  5. Eric5h5

    Eric5h5 Well-Known Member

    Also, top-posting is evil and must be destroyed.

    --Eric
     
  6. Zandog

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    I'm an huge proponent of quotes. I quote all the time, but after reading the quote, I'd have to agree that quoting the starting thread post wasn't necessary to give a response.
     
  7. Kiwii

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    What also need improving on quotes is getting an email when someone quoted you so you can respond to the person who quoted you.
     
  8. The Bat Outta Hell

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    Aw, the little box only showed "Please kill(or cripple)...." What a bummer.
     
  9. justThinkEasy

    justThinkEasy Well-Known Member

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    I know, you'd expect something a lot more interesting would be the topic...
     
  10. Boardumb

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    I usually live by the rule that I won't quote somebody's post if I'm going to be the reply directly below it. But it can be annoying if someone responds to someones post like a couple pages later in the thread, but didn't quote the original post, so it's just some abstract comment that's out there that might not even make any sense. Quotes are alright, I don't want to cripple them or anything. Maybe we just need to educate people on how to edit somebody's quote, so that you're not quoting their ENTIRE post in yours if you don't need to. But I can see sometimes that people quoting other people does get out of hand :\
     
  11. Noah

    Noah Well-Known Member

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    No. Please DON'T kill (or cripple) quotes.
     
  12. Booch138

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    Yeah what the f*ck they are just quotes. I don't even understand what the big deal is. Why do we need to get rid of them, half the time I need them to respond since I am not always directly posting underneath the person I am responding to.
     

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