Topic: Petitition to disable nested quotes (Read 982 times)

Quote from: jackjack on June 22, 2013, 02:48:13 AM

prevents conversations to be taken out of context(by making it necessary to read an entire thread to understand the flow of the conversation.

how exactly does removing nested quotes add more context? if anything, it reduces context and forces users to guess what each other is talking about.

it forces them to read the thread, instead of just the quoted block of text

But many times there are multiple sub-threads going on at once. It is nice to have all the relevant quotes right in one place so everybody can keep track of who said what.

Also, it is easy enough to quote and delete out the layers of quotes you don't want. Takes like 3 seconds when you make your posts.

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Doing it regularly when quoting longer posts / nested quotes.

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Nested quotes are necessary, disabling them would remove context and waste people's time.

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Leaving unnecessary parts of the quotes wastes it either. But it's on each poster to remove them and leave the relevant ones in.

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Quote from: wolverine.ks on June 22, 2013, 12:44:51 AM

i dont know if its possible, but it would be nice if you could highlight the desired text and when you click quote have that section already trimmed and ready to post.

Good idea! That would save a lot of time when quoting a wall of text or a 'quote hell'

yes indeed!

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Quote from: wolverine.ks on June 22, 2013, 12:44:51 AM

i dont know if its possible, but it would be nice if you could highlight the desired text and when you click quote have that section already trimmed and ready to post.

Good idea! That would save a lot of time when quoting a wall of text or a 'quote hell'

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i dont know if its possible, but it would be nice if you could highlight the desired text and when you click quote have that section already trimmed and ready to post.

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Quote from: Maged on June 17, 2013, 09:45:19 PM

Quote from: Peter Lambert on June 17, 2013, 03:51:47 PM

Also, it is easy enough to quote and delete out the layers of quotes you don't want. Takes like 3 seconds when you make your posts.

Exactly. I do it all the time when the nested quotes ( Shocked

quoted bombed!) aren't needed for context.

Exactly what I do too...
Next will be to stop editing of the quote.

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Quote from: Peter Lambert on June 17, 2013, 03:51:47 PM

Also, it is easy enough to quote and delete out the layers of quotes you don't want. Takes like 3 seconds when you make your posts.

Exactly. I do it all the time when the nested quotes aren't needed for context.

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Quote from: Peter Lambert on June 17, 2013, 03:51:47 PM

Quote from: Peter Lambert on June 17, 2013, 03:51:47 PM

prevents conversations to be taken out of context(by making it necessary to read an entire thread to understand the flow of the conversation.

how exactly does removing nested quotes add more context? if anything, it reduces context and forces users to guess what each other is talking about.

it forces them to read the thread, instead of just the quoted block of text

But many times there are multiple sub-threads going on at once. It is nice to have all the relevant quotes right in one place so everybody can keep track of who said what.

Also, it is easy enough to quote and delete out the layers of quotes you don't want. Takes like 3 seconds when you make your posts.

Eh, you make a good point. maybe i didn't think this through enough.

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prevents conversations to be taken out of context(by making it necessary to read an entire thread to understand the flow of the conversation.

how exactly does removing nested quotes add more context? if anything, it reduces context and forces users to guess what each other is talking about.

it forces them to read the thread, instead of just the quoted block of text

But many times there are multiple sub-threads going on at once. It is nice to have all the relevant quotes right in one place so everybody can keep track of who said what.

Also, it is easy enough to quote and delete out the layers of quotes you don't want. Takes like 3 seconds when you make your posts.

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(or should I say +1?)

errr, I agree with Tysat, BadBear and Peter, having nested quotes is good.

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Quote from: tysat on June 17, 2013, 03:39:30 PM

prevents conversations to be taken out of context(by making it necessary to read an entire thread to understand the flow of the conversation.

how exactly does removing nested quotes add more context? if anything, it reduces context and forces users to guess what each other is talking about.

it forces them to read the thread, instead of just the quoted block of text

But many times there are multiple sub-threads going on at once. It is nice to have all the relevant quotes right in one place so everybody can keep track of who said what.

Also, it is easy enough to quote and delete out the layers of quotes you don't want. Takes like 3 seconds when you make your posts.

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I think it adds more confusion to have them disabled.

fair enough.

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I dunno, I usually trim em out. Guess I'm used to it, I do see a lot of people mess it up though.

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Keep it real

I think it adds more confusion to have them disabled.

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Quote from: theymos on June 17, 2013, 03:16:21 PM

I enabled this for a short time in the past, but for some reason I disabled it again. I don't remember why.

eh, i'm not trying to bust your balls either. it just annoys me. this thread should help me gauge how much interest there would be in disabling them. I may be in the minority on this one, and i'm fine with that.

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prevents conversations to be taken out of context(by making it necessary to read an entire thread to understand the flow of the conversation.

how exactly does removing nested quotes add more context? if anything, it reduces context and forces users to guess what each other is talking about.

it forces them to read the thread, instead of just the quoted block of text

grue

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