neophyte Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I've noticed that a few people in here have a nasty habit of quoting entire posts, and leaving a simple one line reply at the bottom of it.Worse still, is when people do it and there are large images in the thread.Not only is it annoying to have to see the whole thread replicated with only a one line response, it's also a bandwidth chewer.People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.Those one line comments are annoying as all hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Agree with you there. Some people also post all their complete code/scripts even when the problem they're having occurs before some of their batch scripts are being executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Geez, I post one long script, and you are on me like flies on poop! No, seriously you are absolutly right. I don't know about others, but it is very rare that I even read any code that is larger than one screen. My posts, on the other hand, do tend to get long winded, but I can do it all by myself: I don't need to quote anybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil270975 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Only joking guys...lol...i couldnt agree more, allthough i have been the bearer of some VERY large posts in the past Sorry guys.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophyte Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Large posts are ok, its just when a post is made larger due to a quote being added that was completely uneccesary.There's a perfect example of this here:http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=9425DaveXP has completely, and uneccessarily quoted the original post, and added a meagre one line reply.This is the sort of behaviour that irritates me (and I'm quite sure others get annoyed by it too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un4given1 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 I hate it when someone is the first to reply to a post and they quote the original post. It's like, "DUH, you id***! Of course that's what you are replying to! It's the only thing you COULD be replying to!" Also, I do not feel it is necessary to quote a post that happens directly before yours if it is a one question post. One question=one answer. It's a bit different when someone asks 5 questions and you want to answer each seperately, or if you are answering questions across multiple posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 You know what is more irritating?People who post in the wrong section, Next time try this section:http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showforum=23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophyte Posted October 9, 2003 Author Share Posted October 9, 2003 Yes, well, it may technically be in the wrong section, but this is relevant to this section, because people in here are doing it.Why post this elsewhere, and not have the people that its most relevant to see it, when it could be posted here, and have the people that need to see it, take note of it.I, like you, also hate posts in the wrong section, but I do believe this one is rather relevent to a lot of people in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh_Kay Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I agree with neophyte, I only visit the unattended forum (it's bookmarked) and would never have seen this post if it had been put any place else... And more importantly I agree with the topic of this post and think ALL the forum users should read and abide by it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcx9 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 I've noticed that a few people in here have a nasty habit of quoting entire posts, and leaving a simple one line reply at the bottom of it.Worse still, is when people do it and there are large images in the thread.Not only is it annoying to have to see the whole thread replicated with only a one line response, it's also a bandwidth chewer.People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.Those one line comments are annoying as all hell.Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophyte Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Hah.Oh so very funny*neophyte slaps pmcx9 around a bit with a cold herring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I've noticed that a few people in here have a nasty habit of quoting entire posts, and leaving a simple one line reply at the bottom of it.Worse still, is when people do it and there are large images in the thread.Not only is it annoying to have to see the whole thread replicated with only a one line response, it's also a bandwidth chewer.People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.Those one line comments are annoying as all hell.Agreed! I LOVE SCROLLING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 You ppl complain to much. But I might add that it is quite funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 ...People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.I agree, that would be nice! ... One might also include three small dots "..." to illiustrate where text has been removed from the quote. In that way there is no doubt about anything Moved to Site & Forum Issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Large posts are ok, its just when a post is made larger due to a quote being added that was completely uneccesary.There's a perfect example of this here:http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=9425DaveXP has completely, and uneccessarily quoted the original post, and added a meagre one line reply.This is the sort of behaviour that irritates me (and I'm quite sure others get annoyed by it too).i did that because you they going on about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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