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BarneyS
Explorer III
Jun 23, 2023

Using the "Quote" feature

Folks,
I spend quite a bit of my valuable moderating time editing posts to remove unnecessary quotes. I do this to keep both myself and you from seeing the same posts over and over again when two members are discussing back and forth.

Quick question for those of you who just hit the "quote" button every time you answer a another member. Would you repeat, word for word, everything someone said to you as you talk with them in person? Of course you wouldn't and the same thing applies here. There is no reason at all to quote someone who posts immediately above you in the thread.
Naturally, if you are replying to someone who posted earlier in the thread, with several other replies in between or is on a different page, then the use of the quote is perfectly applied.

I would hope that those of you who do just hit the quote button when replying to a member post would take notice of my words above, and if you don't, be advised that your posts may disappear into never never land instead of being edited to fix the improper use of the quote feature.
Thank you.:)
Barney
  • You are 100% correct but we have some members who either don't know this or are too lazy to do it.
    Barney
  • BarneyS wrote:


    I would hope that those of you who do just hit the quote button when replying to a member post would take notice of my words above and if you don't be advised that your posts may disappear into never never land instead of being edited to fix the improper use of the quote feature.
    Thank you.:)
    Barney


    On the opposite side of this is the people who don't use the quote system and you have no idea who they are replying to. you can also edit out the parts of the quoted text you are not replying to specifically and pictures to reduce the amount of stuff you have to filter through.