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Subject: how do YOU quote?

Per Audacia Ad Astra

I suppose it depends on the usage of the quote.
If I were to explain something and support it with a reference, I would then quote it mid-text;
Posted by: InsertUsernameHere
InsertQuoteHere
... Then I would continue the post.

BUT, if I wanted to reply directly - maybe rebuke - another post, I would put the quote at the top so that readers are reminded what the post is mainly about.

  • 02.21.2012 12:46 PM PDT

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I'll almost always type underneath the quote, but sometimes I'll type above the quote.

  • 02.21.2012 12:47 PM PDT

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I quote underneath because that's the way I think. All of my posts are stream-of-consciousness because I feel like it makes for more organic conversation. Then I look over it and make sure it's worth posting.
It just feels natural on top.

  • 02.21.2012 12:50 PM PDT

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Because I read from the top to bottom of a post I put the quote on top.

to read difficult more is This

  • 02.21.2012 12:52 PM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?

Only under.

  • 02.21.2012 12:52 PM PDT

There are three people I serve. God, Chuck norris, and Evilcam.

I roll under.

[Edited on 02.21.2012 1:30 PM PST]

  • 02.21.2012 1:30 PM PDT

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I almost always post underneath the quote.

  • 02.21.2012 1:32 PM PDT

Posted by: Lord Pyro
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Posted by: mvyorkie009
what i mean is when ever you quote some one do you type over or under the quote? i always go under it
yorkie


The logical way.

  • 02.21.2012 1:41 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Duardo
I quote on the bottom so that when I go to my recent posts I'll know exactly what I wrote, rather than seeing a bunch of BBcode and having no idea what I said.

Also, Bread's reasoning makes sense as well. Click reply, type out your post, click quote, then submit.
Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
Quote on top is the only one that makes sense. People who quote on bottom are just copying Acky.

There's no legitimate argument for it.
I suppose that is a good argument, in all honesty. The former being much more convincing than the latter.

The latter still makes no sense.

To type, you must first click the text box (in Chrome, anyway). After clicking the text box, you type. Then you click quote. Then you click post.

That's four steps.

The same four steps are done when top-quoting. Click quote. Click text box. Type. Submit.

In summary: the second one makes no sense but, I suppose if you search your posts a lot (which I don't) the first does.

  • 02.21.2012 1:46 PM PDT

However I feel like
Posted by: mvyorkie009
what i mean is when ever you quote some one do you type over or under the quote? i always go under it
yorkie

  • 02.21.2012 1:50 PM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Under, because us Americans read left to right, top to bottom.

  • 02.21.2012 5:28 PM PDT
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If you ask me, it's merely a part of your posting style or a matter of preference. I find it silly, how some users seem to go out of their way to push what they believe is the "only correct way" to do things, their way.

  • 02.21.2012 5:47 PM PDT

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Posted by: burritosenior
how do YOU quote? The right way. The only way that makes sense.


This, I'm replying to the quote.

  • 02.21.2012 5:50 PM PDT

Tom Achronos
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twitter: http://twitter.com/Achronos

"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

You act like it is some religious thing. I do it because I type my response, then hit quote, and then submit. On other boards, that's not necessarily the case.

What I'm basically saying is you should blame stosh and his UI design.

Posted by: insaneAssass1n9

Posted by: dazarobbo
This isn't an email conversation.

Quote the post (and at least have the courtesy to remove the irrelevant bits), then type your reply underneath.
I think Achronos would say otherwise.

  • 02.21.2012 5:52 PM PDT

Key

So is he to blame for the glitched line of empty text at the top?
Posted by: Achronos
You act like it is some religious thing. I do it because I type my response, then hit quote, and then submit. On other boards, that's not necessarily the case.

What I'm basically saying is you should blame stosh and his UI design.

Posted by: insaneAssass1n9

Posted by: dazarobbo
This isn't an email conversation.

Quote the post (and at least have the courtesy to remove the irrelevant bits), then type your reply underneath.
I think Achronos would say otherwise.

  • 02.21.2012 5:53 PM PDT

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- Dawes, A little bit of everything

man, -blam!- stosh.

  • 02.21.2012 5:53 PM PDT
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It's not that I'm crazy... It's just that, you're not as far out there as I am.

Occasionally I will type in the quote button, but most times I just hit the little button.

  • 02.21.2012 5:53 PM PDT

Tom Achronos
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twitter: http://twitter.com/Achronos

"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."

I think that is the quote button always starting the quote block on a new line, but inserting more carriage returns than necessary. So, probably a bug in the bbcode parser.

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
So is he to blame for the glitched line of empty text at the top?

  • 02.21.2012 6:02 PM PDT

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The way it's OBVIOUSLY meant to be used.

  • 02.21.2012 6:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
I think that is the quote button always starting the quote block on a new line, but inserting more carriage returns than necessary. So, probably a bug in the bbcode parser.

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
So is he to blame for the glitched line of empty text at the top?

But it's so easily fixed... Why not just fix it? It'd take like 5 minutes.

  • 02.21.2012 6:07 PM 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.
-TGP-

Posted by: xReconAssassinX

The way it's OBVIOUSLY meant to be used.

Yep, I quote overhand. Some folks say it's dangerous, but I live on the edge.

  • 02.21.2012 6:08 PM PDT

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Do we really need 4 pages for this

  • 02.21.2012 6:13 PM PDT


Posted by: mvyorkie009
what i mean is when ever you quote some one do you type over or under the quote? i always go under it
yorkie

Under with Enter

[Edited on 02.21.2012 6:15 PM PST]

  • 02.21.2012 6:14 PM PDT

Posted by: Commander GX
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It makes more sense to post above, but it's much easier to write it under, and it's also easier to read. Under.

  • 02.21.2012 6:32 PM PDT


Posted by: Achronos
You act like it is some religious thing. I do it because I type my response, then hit quote, and then submit. On other boards, that's not necessarily the case.

What I'm basically saying is you should blame stosh and his UI design.

Posted by: insaneAssass1n9

Posted by: dazarobbo
This isn't an email conversation.

Quote the post (and at least have the courtesy to remove the irrelevant bits), then type your reply underneath.
I think Achronos would say otherwise.
Fair enough. I think we all have nothing against blaming stosh.

  • 02.21.2012 6:33 PM PDT