dont quote op

On February 06 2009 21:16 motbob wrote:
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On February 06 2009 21:11 pyrogenetix wrote:
just a pet peeve i have and if it's only me i'll shut up but hopefully others will agree. not a big thing but just sooo unnecessary yet still so common.

when replying in a thread, you really don't need to quote the original poster's post and then write what you were going to write. i think it's a given that you're replying to the OP. just saves space and makes it easier to read and easier on the eyes.

thanks

On February 06 2009 21:22 LosingID8 wrote:
i usually just do a "@OP" if my comment is unrelated to the direction the thread took.

On February 06 2009 21:20 arb wrote:

I agree

On February 06 2009 21:20 arb wrote:

I agree

On February 06 2009 21:11 pyrogenetix wrote:
just a pet peeve i have and if it's only me i'll shut up but hopefully others will agree. not a big thing but just sooo unnecessary yet still so common.

when replying in a thread, you really don't need to quote the original poster's post and then write what you were going to write. i think it's a given that you're replying to the OP. just saves space and makes it easier to read and easier on the eyes.

thanks

On February 06 2009 21:11 pyrogenetix wrote:
just a pet peeve i have and if it's only me i'll shut up but hopefully others will agree. not a big thing but just sooo unnecessary yet still so common.

when replying in a thread, you really don't need to quote the original poster's post and then write what you were going to write. i think it's a given that you're replying to the OP. just saves space and makes it easier to read and easier on the eyes.

thanks

On February 06 2009 21:55 alffla wrote:


hey

On February 06 2009 21:11 pyrogenetix wrote:
just a pet peeve i have and if it's only me i'll shut up but hopefully others will agree. not a big thing but just sooo unnecessary yet still so common.

when replying in a thread, you really don't need to quote the original poster's post and then write what you were going to write. i think it's a given that you're replying to the OP. just saves space and makes it easier to read and easier on the eyes.

thanks

On February 06 2009 21:11 pyrogenetix wrote:
just a pet peeve i have and if it's only me i'll shut up but hopefully others will agree. not a big thing but just sooo unnecessary yet still so common.

when replying in a thread, you really don't need to quote the original poster's post and then write what you were going to write. i think it's a given that you're replying to the OP. just saves space and makes it easier to read and easier on the eyes.

thanks

OP
Lol I like cars.

Random
Dogs smell funny.

On February 06 2009 21:11 pyrogenetix wrote:
just a pet peeve i have and if it's only me i'll shut up but hopefully others will agree. not a big thing but just sooo unnecessary yet still so common.

when replying in a thread, you really don't need to quote the original poster's post and then write what you were going to write. i think it's a given that you're replying to the OP. just saves space and makes it easier to read and easier on the eyes.

thanks

On February 06 2009 21:16 G.s)NarutO wrote:
Yes Sir! I usually just quote when not replying to the OP or when I reply to parts of the op.

On February 06 2009 21:16 motbob wrote:
I've got a prediction. Don't read it unless you've got a post in this thread.
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On February 06 2009 21:18 minus_human wrote:


dammit dont spoil my fun >,<

On February 06 2009 21:20 arb wrote:

I agree

On February 06 2009 21:22 LosingID8 wrote:
i agree if the discussion is on the first page or something, but in a longer thread i don't see that it's a bad thing to quote the OP (unless it was an essay or something).

i usually just do a "@OP" if my comment is unrelated to the direction the thread took.

On February 06 2009 21:32 motbob wrote:

Prediction fulfilled.

On February 06 2009 21:38 pyrogenetix wrote:

>_<

On February 06 2009 21:45 Zoler wrote:


You can do it like this if the OP is too long.

On February 06 2009 21:46 Schnake wrote:


We shall see now, shall we?



I think if you do a multi-quote reply, this format is perfectly fine and makes your answer more structured.

On February 06 2009 21:55 Doctorasul wrote:
I wholeheartedly disagree and I think your idea is dangerous and is threatening the very foundation on which this forum is built. I don't want to live in a world where my quoting the OP is frowned upon and I hope your supporters will see the light and realize your extreme agenda will bring nothing but destruction and chaos. You are either too naive to see the disastrous consequences of your proposal or you are evil to the core and want to take advantage of the ignorant and educationally challenged to further your fringe fundamentalist posting rules.

On February 06 2009 21:55 alffla wrote:


hey

On February 06 2009 22:01 Zoler wrote:


too late

On February 06 2009 22:02 Railxp wrote:


but sometimes people with FIFTY or less postcounts dont really know better so they do it anyways since FIFTY is such a magical number 505050505050505050505050505050505050.

On February 06 2009 22:23 IntoTheWow wrote:


You are asking for it ;_;

On February 06 2009 22:37 d(O.o)a wrote:
Well, I agree with this sometimes and others I don't, it's very common for your post to be replying to another poster whom is closer to you than the OP however even then it is usually pretty obvious that you're not talking about the OP when it's like this





Yeah dogs do smell funny.

Obviously not directed to the OP. I don't really mind it that much but it can be annoying when the OP is like 50 pages long.

On February 06 2009 22:58 Kennelie wrote:
Sometimes I do it b/c the conversation sometimes wonders off to something off topic of some sort and I just wanna directly speak to the op. Although when I have quoted the op(which might been more then a few times) I still sometimes second thought myself that why I am doing it b/c it is sort of redundant. Should be more like common sense that you are replying to the op. Then again sometimes a topic that has more then a few pages can be back and fourth in discussions between users. I as well will try not to do it anymore.

On February 06 2009 23:00 Hittegods wrote:
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