# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/81 "2010-11-03T21:22:48Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > [The telemarketer speaks…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51270) While I can’t say I had that particular thread in mind, absolutely that qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/82 "2010-11-03T21:29:10Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > That reminds me, I was going to add that to the “I don’t get this XKCD” thread. Do you happen to know what the deal with the diode is? Only one complaint can get through? [A wonderful, wonderful site: explainxkcd](http://www.explainxkcd.com/) ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/83 "2010-11-03T21:38:41Z")
When I say the xkcd forums are intelligent, I mean that they advocate intelligent and forward-thinking ideology. Like intolerance of hate speech and the idea that minorities deserve equal rights. It’s kinda tough to find a board that meets these bare qualifications. But yes, some of their rules are insular, manufactured, and picky, which comes about when the moderators there are not ever taken to task for poor decisions or shitty attitudes. Straightdope is much better than xkcd for those reasons, as well as the larger community. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/84 "2010-11-03T22:07:05Z")
Quote parsing – or sniping, if you will – seems perfectly reasonable when responding to a long post that makes several points or to several different people. I much prefer to see the specific comment being responded to right before the response. It’s a helpful guide. And I absolutely hate it when huge blocks of text are quoted and then responded to at the end. People can be annoying or jerks using any method of response. Quote parsing is a useful tool in a long, complicated, or wide-ranging discussion. I see no reason to disfavour it, discourage it, or dislike it at all. So, I’d have to say I entirely disagree with the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/85 "2010-11-03T22:13:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What’s _annoying_ is bottom-quoting (where you write your response to a post and put the post you’re responding to beneath your response). Og, yes. Bottom-quoting _should_ be a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/86 "2010-11-03T22:15:45Z")
I agree. > [@acsenray](#): > > Og, yes. Bottom-quoting _should_ be a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/87 "2010-11-03T22:21:34Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > When I say the xkcd forums are intelligent, I mean that they advocate intelligent and forward-thinking ideology. Like intolerance of hate speech and the idea that minorities deserve equal rights… Wonder where they got that idea? ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/88 "2010-11-03T22:39:46Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Wonder where they got that idea? 😕 What? I don’t get to use smileys that often. But I don’t understand what you mean here. ---
**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, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/89 "2010-11-03T23:45:40Z")
Intolerance of hate speech and the idea that minorities (whatever the hell that means) deserve equal rights is “foward thinking?” I presumed it was fundamental. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/90 "2010-11-04T00:04:38Z")
Let me introduce you to the internet… ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/91 "2010-11-04T00:21:58Z")
Well, I mean, fundamental for posters on an “[intellegent forum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13096396&postcount=1).” ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/92 "2010-11-04T01:44:11Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Intolerance of hate speech and the idea that minorities (whatever the hell that means) deserve equal rights is “foward thinking?” > > I presumed it was fundamental. Yes, it is forward-thinking. Compared to the dregs (meaning majority of forum communities) out there who either actively use or silently condone the use of “gay” as a pejorative. If you’re really not clear on what constitutes a minority, a good rule of thumb is any person who is not white and male. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/93 "2010-11-04T02:06:06Z")
Hey, how come everybody gets to be a minority but me? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/94 "2010-11-04T02:25:39Z")
Only when they get a first hand taste of how much it sucks to be a minority will white men be one. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/95 "2010-11-04T02:45:56Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > She is NOT a moron. > And it’s not her style that’s annoying, either. > > Just her content. 😃 Disagree. Disagree. Agree. 😃 I think that “quote sniping” is annoying if taken to extremes. It makes the post unreadable. Of course, I manage to screw up snip **p** ing other dudes posts half the time!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/96 "2010-11-04T02:55:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Hey, how come everybody gets to be a minority but me? Hey, now, you must be pretty close to AARP territory. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/97 "2010-11-04T03:08:02Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > > [@rachelellogram](#): > > > > But I see others quote-sniping here, and I’d prefer not to. > > You’d have _loved_ it here a couple of months ago when we were experimenting with automatic nested quotes. So _that’s_ what it was. (I thought I might be suffering from a virus. :smack: ) Why did “we” abandon the “automatic nested quotes” anyway? Any way to make them _optional_ ? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/98 "2010-11-04T03:12:39Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Hey, now, you must be pretty close to AARP territory. Well, I guess that just leaves you, huh, puppy? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/99 "2010-11-04T03:14:58Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Why did “we” abandon the “automatic nested quotes” anyway? Because people were too goddamn dumb to properly edit their posts which resulted in a lot of misquoting. ---
**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 4, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/100 "2010-11-04T03:19:23Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Because people were too goddamn dumb to properly edit their posts which resulted in a lot of misquoting. And misquoting, even when obvious, is teh evils around here. Not that I liked nested quotes–I just find box in box hurts my eyes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=6)