Forum Etiquette

[Worldwalker]

Originally Posted by netseeker

On the other hand it is often easier to quote and reply a single quoted post because you don't have to remove all unrelated passages that were intended to other users.

If I'm taking the time to reply to a post, a minute's editing to remove those things I'm not replying to is not just a minor but a trivial part of the process. Even if it's just a single post, I still edit it down to just the essential part of the prior post that I'm replying to, not everything they said no matter what, nor to whom. That's just good writing, not to mention good manners.

One of today's biggest problems is the "New Jersey attitude" -- the people who figuratively (or literally!) defend their rudeness with "ya gotta problem with that?" Politeness is the lubricant in the social wheels, and when you get people disregarding it, that's like sand in the gears. People might or might not solve a problem if they're civil to each other, but guaranteed they're not going to solve it if they're standing there screaming obscenities at each other. Or, in this case, demonstrating that they think 10 seconds of their time is more important than any amount of the reader's time, even when they're trying to communicate with that reader. The attitude is "what I have to say is so important that people should willingly jump through any number of hoops to get to it" ... when, of course, those people are all trying to find a spot to hang their own much more important utterances. It's the Facebook syndrome again -- millions of people shouting and none listening.

I've found that it's rarely to my personal benefit to look like a rude, arrogant, uncivilized jackass. Your mileage may vary.

Note: I'm not saying anyone in this discussion is such a jackass; they're not.

[TGS]

Originally Posted by netseeker

On the other hand it is often easier to quote and reply a single quoted post because you ...

Emphasis added

If it's "easy" you are after, the easiest thing is not to post at all

[netseeker]

Originally Posted by TGS

If it's "easy" you are after, the easiest thing is not to post at all

Touché!

[8annika.yael]

i guess to each his own, eh?

[jbcohen]

I would like to take a moment to say that this is the most poliet forum that I have evern had the pleasure of being a part of. And this is IMHO atleast in part due to the fact that administrators seem to spend more of their time moving misplaced threads and keeping the software going (IMHO the proper roll for an administrator) then policing the forum and keeping people in line. Its also due to the fact that forum members seem to be interested in keeping the debate civil and intellectual. On other forums I have been banned for expressing my own views and sometimes ridiculed for that.

[Billi]

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?

Answering to five posts simultaneously is quite another thing. You don't like the answers to be in five separate quotes/posts, to me, the following multi-quote in just one post does look even more strange and is not any more readable:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=9909

So, in both cases this is not ideal but it's a little bit pointless as you can't reproach someone for answering/refering to five posters.
I would guess that this all is simply a matter of taste and not of bad behaviour.

[astra]

Originally Posted by Billi

I would guess that this all is simply a matter of taste and not of bad behaviour.

There are certain unwritten rules on the Internet forums.
You do not over-quote (on some forums you can get a ban for it)
You use multi-quote if this feature is present.

You do not have to do it. It is just a common courtesy.
(Like, you do not spit on a pavement in a town. Many do. Nobody bans it. Just a common courtesy not to do it). Each of us chooses to follow whatever rules and logic our mind or soul? suggests to us.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by astra

There are certain unwritten rules on the Internet forums.
You do not over-quote (on some forums you can get a ban for it)
You use multi-quote if this feature is present.

You do not have to do it. It is just a common courtesy.
(Like, you do not spit on a pavement in a town. Many do. Nobody bans it. Just a common courtesy not to do it). Each of us chooses to follow whatever rules and logic our mind or soul? suggests to us.

what he said!

it is such a standard on mosst forums that to see it here is a little startling

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

what he said!

it is such a standard on mosst forums that to see it here is a little startling

Hence my asking the question, in the first place. Although I am surprised that it is tolerated, I do like the easy going nature of this site. It helps to keep it a pretty positive place. I felt at home pretty quickly here. And I agree that

[bjones6416]

I don't like using or reading multi-quotes, and rarely use it. I hope I'm not one of the ones everybody is up in arms about. Some of us aren't as forum-savvy as others, so I had no idea it was even an issue. I thought it was just an option.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

I don't like using or reading multi-quotes, and rarely use it. I hope I'm not one of the ones everybody is up in arms about. Some of us aren't as forum-savvy as others, so I had no idea it was even an issue. I thought it was just an option.

no you're not

[Fbone]

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

One of today's biggest problems is the "New Jersey attitude" -- the people who figuratively (or literally!) defend their rudeness with "ya gotta problem with that?"

You have a problem with my attitude?

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

I don't like using or reading multi-quotes, and rarely use it.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Some posters just want to be different.

And some want more Karma.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Billi

Answering to five posts simultaneously is quite another thing. You don't like the answers to be in five separate quotes/posts, to me, the following multi-quote in just one post does look even more strange and is not any more readable:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=9909

So, in both cases this is not ideal but it's a little bit pointless as you can't reproach someone for answering/refering to five posters.
I would guess that this all is simply a matter of taste and not of bad behaviour.

Agreed.

If the posts are on the same concept then yeah, multi-quoting makes sense, but it's not something that should always be used. That's just silly.