# 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:** 6
**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, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/101 "2010-11-04T05:05:13Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Because people were too goddamn dumb to properly edit their posts which resulted in a lot of misquoting. That’s why I suggested the feature be made _optional_. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/102 "2010-11-04T05:09:08Z")
The world is a little less shiny for me tonight now that I know that stupid xkcd strip actually has a forum. Jaysus. ---
**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, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/103 "2010-11-04T05:19:37Z")
I didn’t know that either. I really like the strip, but those forum rules sound like a turnoff. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/104 "2010-11-04T05:49:06Z")
Some folks would chafe under this one, > [@](#): > > 1. Please keep posts entirely consisting of “QFT” or “seconded”, “thirded”, etc. at a minimum. > > These posts just aren’t necessary without some additional comment, and will be removed or otherwise edited for our amusement. If you don’t have anything to contribute to the conversation, then by all means don’t. I like the last sentiment, but it’s a little startling to see that moderators may _edit for amusement_. To mods also is reserved the use of red text (rule 10). Threads complaining about moderator actions are forbidden (rule 12). Multi-quoting is specifically encouraged. > [@](#): > > 1. Do not double post. Use the Edit Button. > > To clarify, double posting refers to any two posts in a row made by you, even if they have completely different content. If you’re addressing multiple people, all your replies go in the same post. You are able to easily quote as many people as you like by scrolling through the thread review and hitting the quote button, so there should be no excuses. ---
**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, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/105 "2010-11-04T06:32:04Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > The world is a little less shiny for me tonight now that I know that stupid xkcd strip actually has a forum. Jaysus. Then stay away from [Mallard Fillmore | Comics Kingdom](http://MallardFillmore.com/forums). ---
**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, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/106 "2010-11-04T09:15:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Then stay away from [Mallard Fillmore | Comics Kingdom](http://MallardFillmore.com/forums). Easily done because there’s no way a lame website like that exists. I’m going to Rickrolled or end up watching old, fat, naked men in the shower together which I won’t be able to close short of restarting my computer. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/107 "2010-11-04T12:31:58Z")
Still wanna know exactly what she meant by foe… ---
**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, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/108 "2010-11-04T13:10:05Z")
It has been explained. It was a reference to what we call am “ignore” list. “Foe” is the opposite of “friend.” ---
**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/109 "2010-11-04T15:52:01Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Like I said, I was willing to accept that others would see quote-snip… parsing as an acceptable thing. I appreciate hearing reasons to use the style. The tone of this seems somewhat inconsistent with a Pit thread titled “Quote sniping is fucking annoying to read and respond to.” ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/110 "2010-11-04T17:58:02Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > The tone of this seems somewhat inconsistent with a Pit thread titled “Quote sniping is fucking annoying to read and respond to.” We’ve convinced her with our eloquence. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/111 "2010-11-04T19:42:30Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye, me too. I like it because it makes the post into a mini two-person conversation. > > I’m Snowboarder Bo, and I approve of this method. So do I, I do it all the time. I wish others would do it more. And I’m with whoever said it’s annoying when someone quotes the entire OP in the first post. Or any post, really…one would think that anyone reading a thread will have read the OP even if they haven’t read anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/112 "2010-11-04T20:10:52Z")
I can’t believe I almost missed this gem. I should really start doing vanity searches. > [@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. That’s because you’re a fucking retard who can’t follow more than one simple idea at a time. Sorry, some of us enjoy engaging in multi-threaded discussions, and it makes more sense to reply to a point directly under it, instead of quoting a huge chunk of text and making your reader search through it to find exactly what you’re responding to. > [@](#): > > 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). Are you seriously stalking me now? Depressed that we got you banned as **Morella**? Don’t worry–only a matter of time before you expose yourself as a troll again and we get to wave bye-bye until you make the next sock. Somebody else bitched about my wall-of-text posts in the WoW thread. [They got a fabulous smackdown](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13046413#post13046413). > [@Palooka](#): > > **Shot From Guns** is a moron with a highly-annoying posting style Aw, **Palooka** , I never knew you cared. > [@Mince](#): > > The guy (girl?) is clearly an ass. Woman. > [@Bricker](#): > > She is NOT a moron. And it’s not her style that’s annoying, either. > > Just her content. Love you, too, **Bricker**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/113 "2010-11-04T20:45:59Z")
Your posts aren’t walls-of-text, **Shot**. They’re more… irregular picket fences. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/114 "2010-11-04T21:30:24Z")
Oh, as further evidence of your retardedness, **rachel[del]Mor[/del]ellogram**, I love that two of your three “examples” are simply me multiquoting to reply to multiple people in the same post, \*exactly \*as your beloved xkcd forum \*instructs \*people to do. The only example where I pulled a post apart line-by-line was when a staff member responded to a reasonable question with an inexplicable series of hostile rhetorical questions, which I decided to treat as literal as a roundabout way of pointing out how bizarre they were. If it would make it easier for you, I could start writing simplified versions of each of my posts on trash and then throwing it in front of your house. ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/115 "2010-11-04T22:58:25Z")
I have no idea who Morella is. I just signed up here recently. I’m sure an admin could run an IP check; after all, sockpuppeting is against the rules here. So I’d be banned if that were the case. And you see, rachel + parallelogram = my name. You’re welcome to make another thread about this, if you like. ---
**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 4, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/116 "2010-11-04T23:35:29Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I have no idea who Morella is. I just signed up here recently. I’m sure an admin could run an IP check; after all, sockpuppeting is against the rules here. So I’d be banned if that were the case. And you see, rachel + parallelogram = my name. > > You’re welcome to make another thread about this, if you like. (don’t engage the crazy) ---
**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 5, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/117 "2010-11-05T02:32:13Z")
I figured it’d be best to head off false accusations before others got the idea and joined in. Just in case. Is SFG generally seen as a troll? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/118 "2010-11-05T02:36:28Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I figured it’d be best to head off false accusations before others got the idea and joined in. Just in case. > > Is SFG generally seen as a troll? Nope. She’s also not a picky bitch who wants to change the way an entire board parses quotes. So there’s that. ---
**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 5, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/119 "2010-11-05T02:49:06Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Nope. She’s also not a picky bitch who wants to change the way an entire board parses quotes. So there’s that. I was open to contrary arguments in the first post, and remain so. But yeah, I still think SFG’s posting style and attitude are shitty. nyah nyah nah boo boo ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298/120 "2010-11-05T06:28:24Z")
This Pit thread has been the utter shits! Three fucking pages before anyone starts to use pit-appropriate language. If **SfG** hadn’t finally showed up and called the OP a “fucking retard”, then I was going to have to call everyone in this thread who was being polite and reasonable a total fucking fuckwad, or something. Using multiquote while naming names, of course, so as to piss off the OP. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-sniping-is-fucking-annoying-to-read-and-respond-to/559298.md?page=7)