Reply to thread with "QUOTE" for ENIRE OP totally uneccessary and sucks up space

[Ferretnparrot]

Just look at this post and see how much space it wastes, And my OP wasnt even that long.

[shadroch]

Originally Posted by Ferretnparrot

Just look at this post and see how much space it wastes, And my OP wasnt even that long.

It is cyberspace. It is infinite. no electrons were killed in this posts.

[bjcardcounter]

Originally Posted by Ferretnparrot

There shoudl be no reason to quote and entire original post EVER if you are posting in the SAME THREAD!!!! because posts under the same thread are OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT

What if a thread gets hijacked into different threads and people go crazy

[shadroch]

Originally Posted by bjcardcounter

What if a thread gets hijacked into different threads and people go crazy

Thats not a valid excuse.

[Jack_Black]

Originally Posted by Ferretnparrot

People will post a new thread, and then somebody will reply, and quote the ENTIRE ORIGINAL THREAD with a simple reply.

Then in the second post the original post is now duplicated, if it is a very long original post, it will take up all or more of the entire screen, which is inhibiting to mobile phone users, and also just plain annoying.

There shoudl be no reason to quote and entire original post EVER if you are posting in the SAME THREAD!!!! because posts under the same thread are OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT

So in my fit of rage about my recent annoyance with this being so common, Id like to ask that something be done about it, somehow, maybe limit the size of a quotation in a post, or maybe make it commonplace to edit it out of a thread via the moderators.

In fact there should be no reason to quote the entire original post EVER, for any reason I can think of. maybe part of it, but never all of it.

Originally Posted by Ferretnparrot

I think some kind of threshold shoudl eb set, like a max number of lines, or a percentage of the characters in the original posting.

Originally Posted by Ferretnparrot

Just look at this post and see how much space it wastes, And my OP wasnt even that long.

I disagree.

[Severity8]

Originally Posted by shadroch

It is cyberspace. It is infinite. no electrons were killed in this posts.

but to hear Icountandtrack tell it there were many kitten fatalities

[creeping panther]

I agree, they should be used sparingly, good point Ferret.

CP

[shadroch]

Originally Posted by creeping panther

I agree, they should be used sparingly, good point Ferret.

CP

Define sparingly.

Are you calling for posts to be censored?

[shadroch]

Originally Posted by Jack_Black

I disagree.

Originally Posted by Ferretnparrot

People will post a new thread, and then somebody will reply, and quote the ENTIRE ORIGINAL THREAD with a simple reply.

Then in the second post the original post is now duplicated, if it is a very long original post, it will take up all or more of the entire screen, which is inhibiting to mobile phone users, and also just plain annoying.

There shoudl be no reason to quote and entire original post EVER if you are posting in the SAME THREAD!!!! because posts under the same thread are OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT

So in my fit of rage about my recent annoyance with this being so common, Id like to ask that something be done about it, somehow, maybe limit the size of a quotation in a post, or maybe make it commonplace to edit it out of a thread via the moderators.

In fact there should be no reason to quote the entire original post EVER, for any reason I can think of. maybe part of it, but never all of it.

Originally Posted by Friendo

x2

Seriously, having 14 copies of a previous post on any thread is really a waste of space and everyone's time.

As oppossed to someone endlessly repeating the same thing over and over?