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Subject: You shouldn't be able to quote the OP
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No I need to see what people have written when they are banned.

  • 07.03.2011 9:20 PM PDT
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Posted By: Im SteelAssassn
Thanks for choosing to whine over being a productive member of the community and possible element towards advancing Reach.

Why no I have no idea what you're...one second.
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Anyone else see those threads with really lengthy OPs, and then the first poster quotes the entirety of it? Is this really necessary?

What of OP's with a lot of links, or one that needs to be updated frequently? Not only does it look tacky to see the old version of the OP posted, but it also makes it difficult to keep up with updated information, especially if you jump into the thread late and read a quote of an older OP.

My solution is in the title. The OP of the thread shouldn't have a quote button. The only way you will be able to quote any part of it is to manually highlight it and then type out the formatting yourself.

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Or there can be a second box prompting you to confirm whether you want to quote the OP in its entirety before submitting. That way people wont do it accidentally or out of reflex.

Please discuss and thank you.


... talking about.

On point however, Goat. Maybe make your threads a little less wordy? I mean you're not writing a college essay like Hylebos does, right?

Besides the attention span of the average user isn't as high as one would hope for.

  • 07.03.2011 9:24 PM PDT

Na.

Sometimes you just have to quote.

You know?

You just get that feelin' in your bones.

Ya dig?

  • 07.03.2011 9:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: SD2522
On point however, Goat. Maybe make your threads a little less wordy? I mean you're not writing a college essay like Hylebos does, right?


What separates the 'whiners' and 'trolls' as you all seem to label me from what I actually am is the amount of time I invest into my thread. If I said "This website sucks" and i didn't list anything in the OP other than "What a terrible community", you would all think I was trolling instead of providing any constructive criticism, even though the idea behind the post is the same.

[Edited on 07.04.2011 12:42 AM PDT]

  • 07.04.2011 12:28 AM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
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What if the thread was entirely hilarious but rule-breaking and the OP got banned and we can't see it anymore? I'd appreciate a OP quote then.

  • 07.04.2011 12:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: Xplode441
What if the thread was entirely hilarious but rule-breaking and the OP got banned and we can't see it anymore? I'd appreciate a OP quote then.


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  • 07.04.2011 12:33 AM PDT
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"Posted by: Kickimanjaro
I'm trying to become an '04, but it's not working too well."

What if you want to break the OP down, paragraph by paragraph?

Suck it, Goat!!!

  • 07.04.2011 12:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: dmg04
What if you want to break the OP down, paragraph by paragraph?

Suck it, Goat!!!


What if you just wanted to quote the OP over and over again to piss them off?

  • 07.04.2011 12:42 AM PDT
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"Posted by: Kickimanjaro
I'm trying to become an '04, but it's not working too well."


Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat

Posted by: dmg04
What if you want to break the OP down, paragraph by paragraph?

Suck it, Goat!!!


What if you just wanted to quote the OP over and over again to piss them off?

What if you wanted to type out 'zzzzzzz', copy and paste it until you've reached the max character limit, then just quote yourself a few times?

  • 07.04.2011 12:48 AM PDT

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And so I enter the thread of hypotheticals...

  • 07.04.2011 12:51 AM PDT
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I'd rather not take options away for these boards. Its insanely easy to just ignore it when people quote wordy OPs. Scroll down more, and its no longer a problem. Also, where would you draw the line? If someone makes a long reply, and people quote the whole thing, isn't that the same kind of problem? Are you then also in favor of negating our ability to quote regular replies? Is there a character limit that's smaller than 10,000 that should be cut off in quotes?

I say no, to all of the above.

If anything, we should be talking about adding new things or fixing broken things. This is simply unnecessary.

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  • 07.04.2011 1:02 AM PDT

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I almost clicked the quote button, but i decided against it...

  • 07.04.2011 1:11 AM PDT

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Quoting the OP is useful when the have a really long post and you want to refer to a certain part of it

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Anyone else see those threads with really lengthy OPs, and then the first poster quotes the entirety of it? Is this really necessary?

  • 07.04.2011 1:49 AM PDT

You are right, it does make it much easier to search.

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Posted by: BigLanceLS
As for the quote before your post, I think I've seen mods and employees doing putting the quote after their post. I don't know why they think it is easier to follow than doing it the way 95% of Internet message boards go, so I doubt you will have your wish granted on that one.
I assume it's mostly for being able to clearly see your recent posts. Having a quote as the first characters in your posting history won't give any hint to what you posted.

Here is the posting history where you can see what your posts say (and not what was quoted).

Here is an example of not being able to see what you posted

I should probably start doing that reply first system.

  • 07.04.2011 8:41 AM PDT

Dont be shy...
Im sorry for my coup changes but Im new at this.

I hardly quote.

  • 07.04.2011 8:46 AM PDT

Doesn't bother me.

[Edited on 07.04.2011 8:46 AM PDT]

  • 07.04.2011 8:46 AM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat

Posted by: dmg04
What if you want to break the OP down, paragraph by paragraph?

Suck it, Goat!!!


What if you just wanted to quote the OP over and over again to piss them off?

Why does it annoy you?

You quote what you are replying too. If someone is replying to the OP, they are likely to quote it otherwise it would possibly look like they are talking to the person above.

  • 07.04.2011 8:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

But what if the OP is banned in another thread or for whatever reason, but the thread still goes?

People wouldint know what the hell the thread is about or how deep it goes from what the title explains.

  • 07.04.2011 8:54 AM PDT

Posted by: WolfmanMaverick
You people have just sent my sides into orbit. A bunch of MLG try hards sucking the dick of some supposed pro half the thread hasn't even heard of. Classic.

Is this really just making you mad because if you want to quote them you have to go through and edit their huge quote?

Really to me this is just picking nits.

  • 07.04.2011 8:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Anyone else see those threads with really lengthy OPs, and then the first poster quotes the entirety of it? Is this really necessary?
No, but not many threads have 10000 characters in their OP..it's all about how that person wants to respond and/or how he thinks he should respond. Usually quoting a post indicates that you are specifically talking about that post and you are replying to it.

What of OP's with a lot of links, or one that needs to be updated frequently? Not only does it look tacky to see the old version of the OP posted, but it also makes it difficult to keep up with updated information, especially if you jump into the thread late and read a quote of an older OP. I disagree. As you may know (or not), I've created many many threads with huge OPs filled with links and such. Having it quoted after you just shows what it used to be. Besides, people should be looking at the date as to when something was quoted anyways. Usually huge OPs are updated often, which shows up at the end of post with "Edited on -date-." At the top of the OP you could include "Last Updated on -date-" just so the confusion is minimal, if there is any.

My solution is in the title. The OP of the thread shouldn't have a quote button. The only way you will be able to quote any part of it is to manually highlight it and then type out the formatting yourself.

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Not very ideal...sure, it works for whatever problem you think this has, but to others, it's just weird and counter productive. Usually threads are created to discuss something (like this). How can someone discuss something in detail if they can't quote the OP? It just cuts off the discussion aspect.

Or there can be a second box prompting you to confirm whether you want to quote the OP in its entirety before submitting. That way people wont do it accidentally or out of reflex.

Please discuss and thank you.
That is more ideal. I would hope that people would just cut out the OP, and just include little snippets of it.

  • 07.04.2011 9:01 AM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Anyone else see those threads with really lengthy OPs, and then the first poster quotes the entirety of it? Is this really necessary?

What of OP's with a lot of links, or one that needs to be updated frequently? Not only does it look tacky to see the old version of the OP posted, but it also makes it difficult to keep up with updated information, especially if you jump into the thread late and read a quote of an older OP.

My solution is in the title. The OP of the thread shouldn't have a quote button. The only way you will be able to quote any part of it is to manually highlight it and then type out the formatting yourself.

...

Or there can be a second box prompting you to confirm whether you want to quote the OP in its entirety before submitting. That way people wont do it accidentally or out of reflex.

Please discuss and thank you.
Neah, how else would you know that I'm responding to the OP?

  • 07.04.2011 9:35 AM PDT
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Posted By: Im SteelAssassn
Thanks for choosing to whine over being a productive member of the community and possible element towards advancing Reach.


Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Posted by: SD2522
On point however, Goat. Maybe make your threads a little less wordy? I mean you're not writing a college essay like Hylebos does, right?


What separates the 'whiners' and 'trolls' as you all seem to label me from what I actually am is the amount of time I invest into my thread. If I said "This website sucks" and i didn't list anything in the OP other than "What a terrible community", you would all think I was trolling instead of providing any constructive criticism, even though the idea behind the post is the same.


I don't recall personally labeling you as a whiner or troll, and yes have a constructive post can help but being able to get your point across with as few words as possible not only makes an OP easier to read but also opens the floor for interpretation which can build up discussion.

  • 07.04.2011 9:37 AM PDT

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Unnecessary quoting of a lengthy post isn't a problem with the system, it's a problem with people. They need some common sense.

  • 07.04.2011 9:38 AM PDT

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You can always just delete the unnecessary part of the quote, or whatever parts you find to be too dumb to discuss in full.

e.g.
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat


Edit: To be constructive:

In other words people are going to be dumb/lazy and just quote the whole OP. Besides if you willing to read a long post, you might as well be willing to skim over it later.

[Edited on 07.04.2011 9:41 AM PDT]

  • 07.04.2011 9:39 AM PDT

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