Forum Etiquette

[astra]

Originally Posted by Graham

As as regular poster who's only just been alerted to the presence of the multi-quote button by this thread, I feel a) grateful, and b) a bit embarrassed.

Graham

Please, don't feel embarrassed

Until kindlekitten suggested it to another poster a few months ago I was not aware about this feature too. The problem lies with posters who are well aware about it, or who were not and were politely told about it and still they ddn't change their behaviour.

[netseeker]

Originally Posted by astra

That's the point.
It is easier for the poster, i.e. inconsiderate, selfish.

I guess you got me wrong.
User "D" replies to posts of users "A", "B" and "C" via multiquote. Now user "A" wants to quote the passage that was intended for him and reply to "D". "A" has to edit the quotation and remove all irrelevant passages (that were intended for "B" and "C"). Hence one could also say that it was selfish from user "D" to use the multi-quote feature. Using multiple posts instead of a multi-quoted one is better for your discussion partners sometimes imho.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by netseeker

"A" has to edit the quotation and remove all irrelevant passages (that were intended for "B" and "C").

But "A" should always edit the quotation to remove irrelevant passages, as I did. Even if a post as a single subject and theme, more often than not replies are about a single sentence or paragraph, and that's what should be quoted.

[astra]

Re: netseeker
I think we are arguing for the sake of argument.
Both of us know what type of behaviour is being discussed and criticised here.
And yes, you almost always edit the quoted post for different reasons. One of the reasons could be to get rid of unnecessary text.

We are not talking about breaking rules, but about etiquette, in other words general courtesy. Posting 4+ posts in a row, shows the lack of it. Disregard of other members.

[GeoffC]

Some posters just want to be different.

[DixieGal]

You wanna know what bugs me about quoting? Not breaking any addresses for videod, photos, music, etc., in the quote. So then the aforementioned embedded object keeps being copied again and again.

I soooooo do NOT want to sand walls today. Arms and shoulders are sore.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

You wanna know what bugs me about quoting? Not breaking any addresses for videod, photos, music, etc., in the quote. So then the aforementioned embedded object keeps being copied again and again.

How True.

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I soooooo do NOT want to sand walls today. Arms and shoulders are sore.

Please explain. Was this just a comment about your day, or does it have some other meaning?

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

How True.



Please explain. Was this just a comment about your day, or does it have some other meaning?

I'm remodelling my bathroom. Gotta sand the joint compound on the new drywall before painting it tomorrow. It's too early for deeper meaning in a shallow soul like mine. Yawn stretch scratch yawn again.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I'm remodelling my bathroom. Gotta sand the joint compound on the new drywall before painting it tomorrow. It's too early for deeper meaning in a shallow soul like mine. Yawn stretch scratch yawn again.

LOL. Awww. Well best of luck with the bathroom. Remodeling can be a huge chore. We went through it with our kitchen after a pipe burst and ruined all of our cabinets. We took the kitchen apart, and redesigned it ourselves, but then hired out to put the new cabinets in. Thank goodness for insurance.

What I don't get is that they offered to pay for the kitchen, not the pipes.

[netseeker]

Originally Posted by Jellby

Even if a post as a single subject and theme, more often than not replies are about a single sentence or paragraph, and that's what should be quoted.

I agree - but does this make single replies/quotes wrong per se?

Originally Posted by astra

We are not talking about breaking rules, but about etiquette, in other words general courtesy. Posting 4+ posts in a row, shows the lack of it. Disregard of other members.

I beg to differ. Implying that using single replies/quotes is lack of courtesy seems to be quite a stretch to me, a hasty generalization if you will.

[astra]

Originally Posted by netseeker

I beg to differ. Implying that using single replies/quotes is lack of courtesy seems to be quite a stretch to me, a hasty generalization if you will.

Even if there are 5 posts one after another by experienced users who know about multi-quote feature? And they do it all the time? Not just once?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by Graham

As as regular poster who's only just been alerted to the presence of the multi-quote button by this thread, I feel a) grateful, and b) a bit embarrassed.

Graham

don't be ;o) it is obvious when there are people who don't understand it versus those being jerks about it

Originally Posted by astra

Please, don't feel embarrassed

Until kindlekitten suggested it to another poster a few months ago I was not aware about this feature too. The problem lies with posters who are well aware about it, or who were not and were politely told about it and still they ddn't change their behaviour.

Originally Posted by netseeker

I guess you got me wrong.
User "D" replies to posts of users "A", "B" and "C" via multiquote. Now user "A" wants to quote the passage that was intended for him and reply to "D". "A" has to edit the quotation and remove all irrelevant passages (that were intended for "B" and "C"). Hence one could also say that it was selfish from user "D" to use the multi-quote feature. Using multiple posts instead of a multi-quoted one is better for your discussion partners sometimes imho.

it's NOT that difficult.

Originally Posted by netseeker

I agree - but does this make single replies/quotes wrong per se?


I beg to differ. Implying that using single replies/quotes is lack of courtesy seems to be quite a stretch to me, a hasty generalization if you will.

there are two people that come to mind immediately that come to mind that are blatant about it. it is VERY difficult to follow a conversation when they are bringing multiple quote forward from several pages in the conversation. I have seen it take up more than a "page" on the screen

[netseeker]

Originally Posted by astra

Even if there are 5 posts one after another by experienced users who know about multi-quote feature? And they do it all the time? Not just once?

Well, i have to admit that such extreme examples can be annoying. Such examples are just exteme examples though.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by astra

Even if there are 5 posts one after another by experienced users who know about multi-quote feature? And they do it all the time? Not just once?

My husband calls it "talking to William Shatner". You know, how he adds odd pauses in the middle of his sentences (or when he's making fun of himself, every other word). The constant single posts feels like a very uncomfortable, staccato, conversation.

[netseeker]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

it's NOT that difficult.

What's your point?