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Subject: Do you think we should be able to quote more than 5 times?

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I don't run into this problem too often, but when I'm having a discussion with someone, it can become a little weird quoting their single post. I looked at some threads way back in 2004, and saw what seemed like the quotes could go on forever. It must have been removed at some point because of the quotes becoming way too long, which I can see would be a problem, but I don't think it would be too big of a deal if you could quote just a little more than 5 times. What do you think?

  • 12.22.2011 8:22 PM PDT
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Ah, reminds me of the days of quote pyramids... Good times, good times.

  • 12.22.2011 8:22 PM PDT


Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
I don't run into this problem too often, but when I'm having a discussion with someone, it can become a little weird quoting their single post. I looked at some threads way back in 2004, and saw what seemed like the quotes could go on forever. It must have been removed at some point because of the quotes becoming way too long, which I can see would be a problem, but I don't think it would be too big of a deal if you could quote just a little more than 5 times. What do you think?
They should make it 7.

  • 12.22.2011 8:22 PM PDT

I usually like to delete the excess -blam!- before I quote too much.

  • 12.22.2011 8:23 PM PDT

Yes, there're too many numbers in my name.

I disagree.

I feel the conversation should carry through the entire topic. People shouldn't be burdened with having the conversation ending abruptly because it went over the quoting limit.

Plus quoting a person isn't necessarily spam. A quote is beneficial to an argument and is a perfect example of organization in an online discussion.

  • 12.22.2011 8:27 PM PDT
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You see, there was this one thread...

  • 12.22.2011 8:28 PM PDT


Posted by: kool fat kid
You see, there was this one thread...

And everyone got 7 days.

The end.

  • 12.22.2011 8:29 PM PDT
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I made a topic some time ago, originally asking for there to be a limit on the size of a quote. I disagree with only making the limit larger.

I'd just like to share that the best idea I've heard to solve the spam problem and still contain all the functionality of quoting, is to make it so that after a certain character limit, the quote turns into a hidden drop down.

  • 12.22.2011 8:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
I also maintain that Chrome is weaksauce, and IE9 is fast and works very well

If I have a conversation with a person or quote a post that quotes multiple quotes I remove all but the post I am quoting and the post that that post quotes.

Or put differently, I usually remove the oldest quotes when there is more than two quotes in a post.

  • 12.22.2011 8:30 PM PDT
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If we still had Optimatch, I'd link you to the pyramid thread.

  • 12.22.2011 9:09 PM PDT

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No... I've seen enough pyramids to make Egypt feel jealous.

  • 12.22.2011 9:23 PM PDT

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Ah, reminds me of the days of quote pyramids... Good times, good times.


I once crashed an entire group with a quote pyramid.

  • 12.22.2011 9:44 PM PDT

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Have you ever been to the 343i forums? There are nothing but quote pyramids, it's terrible. It could at the most be ten but I think it's fine where it's at now.

  • 12.22.2011 9:47 PM PDT

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I'm glad that someone showed up with horror stories of the great quote pyramids.

Good times. Let's never think of them again.
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Posted by: EDOET
Ah, reminds me of the days of quote pyramids... Good times, good times.


I once crashed an entire group with a quote pyramid.

  • 12.22.2011 9:47 PM PDT

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Reminds me of the Pyramid thread in the Optimatch all those months/years ago.

  • 12.22.2011 11:37 PM PDT
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Get ya popcorn and eat the thickest dick if you think I would waste time lyin to any of u.

There were times where my browser would crash from the pyramids.

-blam!- was really funny though.

also, you can do as many block quotes as you want.
























not trying to spam or anything, just showing you.

[Edited on 12.22.2011 11:43 PM PST]

  • 12.22.2011 11:41 PM PDT

Spread the love...

Yes, I do. But it's not that hard to just cut off all the quotes until only the most recent comment is there.

  • 12.23.2011 12:22 AM PDT

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Achronos: And what's this about a "design team" I've been hearing? Apparently stosh is so awesome he's now considered a "team".

I just tried to do that and was wondering why I couldn't view the thread...
Posted by: Eraclio
If we still had Optimatch, I'd link you to the pyramid thread.

  • 12.23.2011 12:27 AM PDT

What's up with all the -blam!-ing negativity?
Stop it.

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Posted by: Phenomenon IV
I usually like to delete the excess -blam!- before I quote too much.

  • 12.23.2011 1:03 AM PDT

ooga booga boooh

We tried that once. Then, like all nice things, it was ruined.

  • 12.23.2011 1:08 AM PDT
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No.

  • 12.23.2011 1:21 AM PDT
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No and look at the last post as to why.

  • 12.23.2011 1:27 AM PDT

I remember when I used this space to put cool looking links to my chapters back in the day. I don't even know why I'm using it now. Why are you even reading this? You must be interested in me. Still reading?

I get lost in pyramids :\

  • 12.23.2011 2:01 AM PDT

Posted by: Dustin 6047
Troll confirmed. I never even insulted you

Posted by: Dustin 6047
OP - You're a dumbass with the reading comprehension skills of a second grader.


Can someone tell me what's wrong with these two, this made me LOL hard.

Let me try to find that quote pyramid thread... It's somewhere in my saved Threads...

  • 12.23.2011 2:12 AM PDT