Anyone else annoyed by all the nested quotes?

My first impression, when the idea was raised to reintroduce them, was that I didn’t like them. Now, after seeing the idea in action for a while, I still don’t like them.

I like them, except when they’re used where they’re not needed.

Didn’t like them at first and am indifferent to them now.

They’re awful and annoying.

I love nested quotes, but can I still punch Giraffe, just for fun?

I like it this way a lot better than before, when people were more likely to miss out relevant nested quotes in their posts.

Seesh! If you so desperately in need of a Dom, quit dropping hints, start a thread in IMHO and ask us directly.

They’re a great time and effort saver when involved in a mildly complicated thread or one in which the quoted material is not easy to find (i.e., off-board content) or within close proximity. When they first fixed the broken quote function, people went a bit overboard, possibly due to not knowing the software change was made. It can be annoying when people overuse the quote button, but the added clarity is worth it–especially as posters get used to it. Clearly some people will complain no matter what.

Oh, and I’m spiking the punch … no driving afterwards, okay? Party at Giraffe’s house!

I very much like nested quotes.

Yeah, and a nested punch (limit 2) for whoever implemented this dumb idea smashie

I like them. They help maintain the flow of the conversation. No longer do I have to scroll waaay back to see what somebody is replying to originally.

But yeah…they are being done to excess. Excessive nested-quoting should be punishable by porcupine-spanking.

I detest them. They are an absolute balls.

I like nested quotes. I think the problem is they’re new here, and just like kids with a new toy, we’re abusing it horribly. Hopefully the novelty of it will wear off soon and people will start using them appropriately.

Nested quotes are flies in my soup.

I hate them.

That’s what it is, really. We’ll get over it.

Doesn’t mean there will be no punching, however.

I like them a lot. It was a pain in the ass to construct them by hand before.

He’s wrong, because the nested quotes are there by default. It’s not a new feature that people are overusing because it’s shiny and new, it’s that it now takes an extra editing step in order to quote a post without nested quotes. Quoting is now broken by default, and we’re asking users to take an extra step to fix it.

The default behavior will always dominate, and in this case, the default behavior sucks.

/all nested quotes in this post are used ironically

my view is exactly the opposite, that quoting was broken before and now it’s fixed.

I don’t know that it was ‘broken’ before, and I don’t think it is ‘broken’ now. I certainly do think it’s better now, and once people get used to it, they’ll just take some precautions of their own.