# Quote sniping is fucking annoying to read and respond to. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298 "2010-11-03T03:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/21 "2010-11-03T04:31:58Z")
Don’t get me wrong, **Shot From Guns** is a moron with a highly-annoying posting style, but it ain’t quote sniping. Quote sniping is jumping on someone’s balls for a single sentence out of a larger post. Buddy does more of a reply-to-six-posts-in-one thing, which is different. The crux of the difference is that the latter doesn’t lead to fights over bullshit or drive-by posting. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/22 "2010-11-03T04:36:56Z")
Aww, that post would have been a lot more awesome if your insult had included links to evidence. As such it just looks sort of sad. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/23 "2010-11-03T04:37:01Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > But I see others quote-sniping here, and I’d prefer not to. Great. No one cares. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/24 "2010-11-03T04:39:42Z")
By the way **rachellelogram** , welcome to the SDMB. I hope you like it here, and I’m sure that the board culture will grow on you, as long as you give it a chance to. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/25 "2010-11-03T04:44:57Z")
Why is this practice a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/26 "2010-11-03T04:45:19Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I am. > Ah, perhaps you’re right. > > If so, please substitute “Tough shit.” for “So don’t. Reply in your own style.” I’m sure you don’t care, but while I did not quite LOL, I did audibly snerk. As to the OP, I would prefer to not have traffic on my way to work. So far the universe has not listened. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/27 "2010-11-03T04:48:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > … and I’m sure that the board culture will grow on you… Stay damp, avoid sunlight. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/28 "2010-11-03T04:51:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Stay damp, avoid sunlight. Done and done. I rather look forward to this thread tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/29 "2010-11-03T04:51:38Z")
This is much too civil a discussion for this forum. And did the OP really call out “Pit” as if it were a collective entity? That’s funny. I’m w/ \*\*elucidator \*\*on this one. Snipe hunting means one thing and one thing only. I don’t get the allusion to something else. Maybe I’m just old… ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/30 "2010-11-03T05:21:13Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > To preface: Prefacing something is generally highly effective. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] I came here recently… [/QUOTE] How recently? [QUOTE=rachelellogram] …from another intelligent forum in which quote-sniping is heavily discouraged. [/QUOTE] Really? [QUOTE=rachelellogram] It’s not a bannable offense unless it’s done repeatedly and obtusely (afaik nobody has actually been perma-banned over it,… [/QUOTE] You don’t say. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] …either they stop doing it, or leave pissed off that the community united against them). [/QUOTE] Uh huh. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] Mods will generally just place a spoiler around the sniper’s post and warn against doing it again. [/QUOTE] I like what you’ve done here. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] In your opinion, Pit: does quote-sniping have any merit at all? [/QUOTE] If I answer no to this question, I sure look like an ass; well, more-so. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] I’m willing to reconsider my stance on it, though I will always find the practice aesthetically displeasing. [/QUOTE] Perhaps if I added flowers, a sweet smelling fragrance, or a succulent pork rib. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] My opinion is that you should say what you want to say instead of quoting ten different separate people or ideas and responding to each in a nitpicky fashion. Or quote a larger block of text once instead of chopping it into 10 separate quote blocks. There is always a better way of discoursing than to quote-snipe. [/QUOTE] Some might disagree. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] I am specifically referring to [posts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13095118&postcount=6) [like](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13094841&postcount=419) [these](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13046092&postcount=3857) made by **Shot From Guns** (the last of which is the most egregious example length-wise, though arguably the least offensive regarding content). [/QUOTE] The guy (girl?) is clearly an ass. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] I realize my work monitor is tiny and shitty,… [/QUOTE] You need to convince your boss to upgrade their eMachines and Windows ME. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] …but I really wish… [/QUOTE] Wishing can be nice sometimes. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] I didn’t have to page down 8 fucking times… [/QUOTE] Yeah, 6 really should be the maximum. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] …to bypass your verbal diarrhea. [/QUOTE] Your imagery here is fantastic. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] And yes, I realize there is a foe function on the boards. [/QUOTE] Do you also realize their is a friend function on the boards? [QUOTE=rachelellogram] But I see others quote-sniping here,… [/QUOTE] Utterly, utterly reprehensible. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] …and I’d prefer not to. [/QUOTE] Comme tu vu. [QUOTE=rachelellogram] (I also would prefer not to foe anyone over their style, that seems childish) [/QUOTE] Everybody was kung foe fighting. You should pit something worthwhile, like local commercials turning up the volume on your television. C’mon! Someone had to do it. I just took one for the team. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/31 "2010-11-03T05:31:57Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Prefacing something is generally highly effective. > > How recently? > > Really? > > You don’t say. > > Uh huh. > > I like what you’ve done here. > > If I answer no to this question, I sure look like an ass; well, more-so. > > Perhaps if I added flowers, a sweet smelling fragrance, or a succulent pork rib. > > Some might disagree. > > The guy (girl?) is clearly an ass. > > You need to convince your boss to upgrade their eMachines and Windows ME. > > Wishing can be nice sometimes. > > Yeah, 6 really should be the maximum. > > Your imagery here is fantastic. > > Do you also realize their is a friend function on the boards? > > Utterly, utterly reprehensible. > > Comme tu vu. > > Everybody was kung foe fighting. > > You should pit something worthwhile, like local commercials turning up the volume on your television. > > C’mon! Someone had to do it. I just took one for the team. I was going to do it, but you beat me to it. So I figured I’d do the only _other_ thing that you knew someone would probably do eventually in this topic. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/32 "2010-11-03T05:39:14Z")
I know one place where a quote parser is considered a troll. They actually decided to not have a quote button so that it would be less likely to occur. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/33 "2010-11-03T05:43:11Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And did the OP really call out “Pit” as if it were a collective entity? That’s funny. The OP will be assimilated to the hive-mind that is the Pit. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/34 "2010-11-03T05:44:13Z")
Either that, or the OP thinks that Brad posts here a lot, but isn’t on a first name basis with him. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/35 "2010-11-03T05:45:56Z")
You’ll note that I’m cleverly avoiding sniping my own posts. Of course, it has the side-effect of inflating my post count, but omelettes and eggs, after all. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/36 "2010-11-03T05:48:38Z")
rachelellogram, how does this other board respond to a “drive by”? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/37 "2010-11-03T05:52:21Z")
Hooo, boy. NM ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/38 "2010-11-03T06:19:48Z")
Quote sniping is when you set a bot to monitor a thread to post at the last possible second–right before the mod closes it. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/39 "2010-11-03T06:34:30Z")
The Brad Pit, eh? Sniping is a term coined over at the xkcd forums. I wasn’t aware it went by different terms elsewhere (seems like parsing and sniping are the same thing), but that board is extremely insular and really the only one I frequent other than this. See [here](http://forums3.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52287&view=previous) for the rules list to which I’m referring: > [@](#): > > 1. Quote-Sniping: These typically manifest as scroll-inducing, megaloads of single line quotes answered with single line responses. This. Is Not. Effective. It’s terribly vexing and usually degenerates into mindless bickering. Lastly, no, I didn’t mean “snipping.” However, I don’t know the origin of the term “quote-sniping.” Conceivably it could have been coined as a typo. That’s just what they call it over there. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/40 "2010-11-03T06:39:08Z")
Okay, I’ll respond to your pitting. But first you need to hold the end of this diode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=3)