why does everyone quote each other so much here?

[krood]

just an observation. it seems as though nearly every person who posts in a thread quotes the post just before it. i can understand quoting a portion of someone's previous post, but why does every other post need to be quoted in its entirety in order to respond to it?

i'm not complaining, just wondering why.

[joepythons]

just an observation. it seems as though nearly every person who posts in a thread quotes the post just before it. i can understand quoting a portion of someone's previous post, but why does every other post need to be quoted in its entirety in order to respond to it?

i'm not complaining, just wondering why.

Well the reason i do it is because i have a bad memory and forget very easy.If i am answering a question i just reread the post i quoted

[JLC]

For the most part...quoting a post helps to clarify what is being said. It shows that the person is specifically responding to "this" statement.


I suppose some people just use the "quote" button to open the reply window and are a bit lazy about editing a really long quote that appears....but it's a pretty minor annoyance, I'd say.

[Freakie_frog]

For the most part...quoting a post helps to clarify what is being said. It shows that the person is specifically responding to "this" statement.

That and cause all the cool kids are doing it..

[joepythons]

For the most part...quoting a post helps to clarify what is being said. It shows that the person is specifically responding to "this" statement.


I suppose some people just use the "quote" button to open the reply window and are a bit lazy about editing a really long quote that appears....but it's a pretty minor annoyance, I'd say.

I am not lazy .How do you remove the stuff you do not want in your quote response?

[JLC]

... How do you remove the stuff you do not want in your quote response?

Ummm...you just edit the text that appears in your reply window? (See how I edited out your first sentence and smilies?)

[iceman25]

How do you remove the stuff you do not want in your quote response?

Easy...just highlight the bits that you don't want in the body and hit the delete key.

[AzureN1ght]

How do you remove the stuff you do not want in your quote response?

Magic.

Watch me do more magic! I can make you say things you never said!

[krood]

lol. i asked for it

[SPJ]

Ummm...you just edit the text that appears in your reply window? (See how I edited out your first sentence and smilies?)

Whoa! Slow down there Judy, this is Joe we are talking about.