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PorterN
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QUOTE]Originally posted by cas:
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Originally posted by frayedends:
Rubes and dullards, all of you. I hate you all as much as when someone changes what you actually wrote.



While perhaps a bit harsh, I agree.[/QUOTE

Ha!



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henryaz
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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
That and top posting

A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

A: The lost context.
Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted?

A: Yes.
Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm replying?


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frayedends
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quote:
Originally posted by cas:
quote:
Originally posted by frayedends:
Rubes and dullards, all of you. I hate you all as much as when someone changes what you actually wrote.



While perhaps a bit harsh, I agree.


Rofl I never saw anyone change a post. That’s cruel.



These go to eleven.
 
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oddball
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Originally posted by tatortodd:
+3
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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
quote:
Originally posted by frayedends:
I get quoting a section of someone’s post to address a specific part of it. I get quoting a post in an ongoing active thread so people know which post you are responding to. But why quote an entire first post of a new thread. We don’t need to read the OP twice.
Agreed.



Wink


Let alone, three times...


I agree with this post.


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tatortodd
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I pitched a bitch about this years ago, and the respondents were savvy enough to keep quoting but do so in a manner than formed a pattern (kept getting wider and wider, then narrower and narrower, then wider and wider, rinse and repeat). In other words, y'all are slippin'.


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This actually irks me too. (Not the fun replies.)
I'm a low post member on another forum where, if the someone deletes their membership via "rage quit", all of their contributions are gone, except where a member has quoted them in the threads.
Otherwise, I hates the mass re-quotes.
 
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thread. We don’t need to read the OP twice.[/QUOTE]Agreed.



Wink[/QUOTE]

Let alone, three times...[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

I agree with this post.[/QUOTE] Thanks I agree
 
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When you reply - you don't know how many posts may pop up in between your reply and the first post. It's happened to me. Thought I would be the first to answer and some other forumite was typing faster than me...


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quote:
Originally posted by henryaz:
quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
That and top posting

A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

A: The lost context.
Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted?

A: Yes.
Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm replying?


This drives me nuts, I've now solved the issue, I simply skip over any top post replies. So it doesn't affect me anymore.


Jesse

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Skull Leader
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@frayedends

Or why quote at all?
 
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Originally posted by Skull Leader:
@frayedends

Or why quote at all?

Context.


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frayedends
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Originally posted by SBrooks:
When you reply - you don't know how many posts may pop up in between your reply and the first post. It's happened to me. Thought I would be the first to answer and some other forumite was typing faster than me...


True but if replying to the original post no need to quote at all. Unless,as mentioned, you are just quoting part of the post for context.



These go to eleven.
 
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fine!
you try and drive , eat lunch and answer threads on the forum while looking at the electronic gps map screen,
see how you ! do !




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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
quote:
Originally posted by frayedends:
I get quoting a section of someone’s post to address a specific part of it. I get quoting a post in an ongoing active thread so people know which post you are responding to. But why quote an entire first post of a new thread. We don’t need to read the OP twice.
Agreed.



Wink


Let alone, three times...


or more...


Best regards,

Tom

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Originally posted by hudr:
Seriously, I think most of the time it is done in case the OP is controversial and maybe the OP is edited later.

I agree.


Q





 
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fine!
you try and drive , eat lunch and answer threads on the forum while looking at the electronic gps map screen,
see how you ! do !

^^^^^^^^^^^
Do not let your insurance carrier know about this. You forgot to mention watching for slow moving vehicles and farmers not paying attention.
 
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At least you didn’t complain about cat pictures.
 
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PD
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I like to cut and paste the longest articles I can find into a post Big Grin
 
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frayedends
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Originally posted by PD:
I like to cut and paste the longest articles I can find into a post Big Grin


I read the replies to figure out what the long article was about. I ain’t got time to read all that.



These go to eleven.
 
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