# Strange board trend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959 "2000-08-03T06:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/1 "2000-08-03T06:57:52Z")
Okay, I have noticed this quite a bit lately and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on why people do this. It’s not a rant really but it boggles my mind. People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. Now my understanding is, rather than quote the entire damn post in one chunk, you pick out the points that pertain to your response. That said, if you have several points about a post you break it down into managable segments so your reader can understand without having to reread the post again and again. Does that make sense? It’s late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what those in MPSIMS thought of this trend. Any answers (that don’t include my entire post in a solid chunk – I know you smart asses out there ;)) to this? It makes no sense. BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. \< 10 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days is not good on the body, mind or spirit! \> ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/2 "2000-08-03T07:01:05Z")
I’ll venture a guess…either the poster doesn’t know how to trim the excess from the quotation (and doesn’t understand how to preview the post, too), or it’s just plain ol’ fashioned laziness. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/3 "2000-08-03T07:05:04Z")
Sorry TechChick, I’ve done it before. In my defense, I usually trim the quote down somewhat, I try to remove the bold tag, and I usually only quote when the post I’m responding to is quite a ways up. I shall stop. [aww hell, I’ll TRY, anyway.] ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/4 "2000-08-03T07:06:52Z")
Damn… I really wanted to quote the entire OP in bold letters, but **techchick68** saw it coming. 😃 I think some people quote the entire message to indicate which post they’re replying to, as opposed to which _part_ of the post. Since they can usually simply address the posters by their names, I don’t really see why they bother. And yes, it annoys the hell out of me as well. And now, although I’m not supposed to, here is a gratuitous re-posting of the entire OP (including the sig line). > [@](#): > > Okay, I have noticed this quite a bit lately and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on why people do this. > > It’s not a rant really but it boggles my mind. > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > Now my understanding is, rather than quote the entire damn post in one chunk, you pick out the points that pertain to your response. That said, if you have several points about a post you break it down into managable segments so your reader can understand without having to reread the post again and again. > > Does that make sense? It’s late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what those in MPSIMS thought of this trend. > > Any answers (that don’t include my entire post in a solid chunk – I know you smart asses out there ) to this? It makes no sense. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. > > \< 10 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days is not good on the body, mind or spirit! \> ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/5 "2000-08-03T07:08:48Z")
I usually only quote if the post I’m quoting is much earlier in the thread or if there are multiple points I’m making. I completely understand what you mean. It gets really hard to start picking out the difference from the quotes and the new post, especially with everyone messing up the vb script. ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/6 "2000-08-03T07:10:27Z")
Oooops… I forgot to post the quote in bold caps. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/7 "2000-08-03T07:10:27Z")
\< techchick pokes Baglady with a Putz pin 😉 then proceeds to slap Zaphod with a rubber chicken \> hehe ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/8 "2000-08-03T07:19:55Z")
Don’t bite … er… pin… the hand that feeds you!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/9 "2000-08-03T07:23:20Z")
> [@](#): > > proceeds to slap Zaphod with a rubber chicken I feel violated. It feels nice. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/10 "2000-08-03T07:27:51Z")
Drives me bonkers, too. Now that the board allows “nested” quotes, it gets really out of hand. Over in GQ, there is a sextuple-nested boldfaced quote. Or so it seems. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/11 "2000-08-03T07:39:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*sextuple-nested. \*\* Why, Green Bean, that sounds slightly obscene and naughty. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/12 "2000-08-03T08:53:22Z")
**techchick68** said: > [@](#): > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. And then they frequently forget to turn off the bolding. Yeah, this is annoying as hell, especially when the person is quoting a voluminous post and only replying to a fragment of it. I suspect part of the problem is that a lot of people don’t understand how to effectively use ellipses ("…") and brackets () to cut irrelevant stuff out of their quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/13 "2000-08-03T09:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. _ahem_ Guilty as charged. Last night was the first time I have done such a thing. I was in the middle of responding, when I had a call from da boss man and had to go back into work. Not thinking, I hit the “submit” button when I meant to go with the clear button, and come back later to post. sorry. :o -Lsura ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/14 "2000-08-03T11:20:24Z")
Maybe because they don’t know how, and would rather bypass looking stupid if they asked how. Of course no question is stupid, if sincere. ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/15 "2000-08-03T13:36:18Z")
techchick, I’m one of the guilty ones. I only recently got the balls to even try to quote and it took me a while to play around with it and figure out how it worked. I spent some quality time over at ATMB reading up on it. That’s a great resource. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/16 "2000-08-03T14:54:59Z")
I like to quote in boldface because I don’t want my SDMB comrades to confuse MY brilliant theories and musings with the poorly-written and ill-conceived claptrap of others. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/17 "2000-08-03T15:48:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*Okay, I have noticed this quite a bit lately and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on why people do this. > > It’s not a rant really but it boggles my mind. > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > Now my understanding is, rather than quote the entire damn post in one chunk, you pick out the points that pertain to your response. That said, if you have several points about a post you break it down into managable segments so your reader can understand without having to reread the post again and again. > > Does that make sense? It’s late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what those in MPSIMS thought of this trend. > > Any answers (that don’t include my entire post in a solid chunk – I know you smart asses out there ;)) to this? It makes no sense. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. > > \< 10 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days is not good on the body, mind or spirit! \> \*\* What do you mean? 😃 (Sorry kiddo,I just _had_ to do that!) Anyway, I concur wholeheartedly Techie. It really gets my goat! ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/18 "2000-08-03T16:18:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > quote: > > ``` > Originally posted by techchick68 > Okay, I have noticed this quite a bit lately and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on why > people do this. > > It's not a rant really but it boggles my mind. > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold > script. > > Now my understanding is, rather than quote the entire damn post in one chunk, you pick out the > points that pertain to your response. That said, if you have several points about a post you break it > down into managable segments so your reader can understand without having to reread the post > again and again. > > Does that make sense? It's late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what those in MPSIMS > thought of this trend. > > Any answers (that don't include my entire post in a solid chunk -- I know you smart asses out there > ) to this? It makes no sense. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little > excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. > > < 10 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days is not good on the body, mind or spirit! > > > What do you mean? > > (Sorry kiddo,I just had to do that!) > > Anyway, I concur wholeheartedly Techie. It really gets my goat! > > ``` > > Ukulele Ike > I like to quote in boldface because I don’t want my SDMB comrades to confuse MY brilliant theories and musings with the > poorly-written and ill-conceived claptrap of others. > struuter > techchick, > I’m one of the guilty ones. I only recently got the balls to even try to quote and it took me a while to play around with it and > figure out how it worked. > I spent some quality time over at ATMB reading up on it. That’s a great resource. > ultress > Maybe because they don’t know how, and would rather bypass looking stupid if they asked how. Of course no question is > stupid, if sincere. > Lsura > quote: > > ``` > Originally posted by techchick68 > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little > excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. > > *ahem* Guilty as charged. > > Last night was the first time I have done such a thing. I was in the middle of responding, when I had a call from da boss man > and had to go back into work. Not thinking, I hit the "submit" button when I meant to go with the clear button, and come > back later to post. > > sorry. > > -Lsura > > ``` > > MysterEcks > techchick68 said: > > ``` > quote: > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > And then they frequently forget to turn off the bolding. > > Yeah, this is annoying as hell, especially when the person is quoting a voluminous post and only replying to a fragment of it. > I suspect part of the problem is that a lot of people don't understand how to effectively use ellipses ("...") and brackets ([]) to > cut irrelevant stuff out of their quotes. > > ``` > > friedo > quote: > > ``` > sextuple-nested. > > Why, Green Bean, that sounds slightly obscene and naughty. > > ``` > > Green Bean > Drives me bonkers, too. Now that the board allows “nested” quotes, it gets really out of hand. Over in GQ, there is a > sextuple-nested boldfaced quote. Or so it seems. > Zaphod Beeblebrox > quote: > > ``` > proceeds to slap Zaphod with a rubber chicken > > I feel violated. > > It feels nice. > > ``` > > Baglady > Don’t bite … er… pin… the hand that feeds you!! > Zaphod Beeblebrox > Oooops… I forgot to post the quote in bold caps. > techchick68 > \< techchick pokes Baglady with a Putz pin then proceeds to slap Zaphod with a rubber chicken \> > > ``` > hehe > > ``` > > Monster104 > I usually only quote if the post I’m quoting is much earlier in the thread or if there are multiple points I’m making. > > ``` > I completely understand what you mean. It gets really hard to start picking out the difference from the quotes and the new > post, especially with everyone messing up the vb script. > > ``` > > Zaphod Beeblebrox > Damn… I really wanted to quote the entire OP in bold letters, but techchick68 saw it coming. > > ``` > I think some people quote the entire message to indicate which post they're replying to, as opposed to which part of the > post. Since they can usually simply address the posters by their names, I don't really see why they bother. > > And yes, it annoys the hell out of me as well. > > And now, although I'm not supposed to, here is a gratuitous re-posting of the entire OP (including the sig line). > > quote: > > Okay, I have noticed this quite a bit lately and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on why people > do this. > > It's not a rant really but it boggles my mind. > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > Now my understanding is, rather than quote the entire damn post in one chunk, you pick out the points > that pertain to your response. That said, if you have several points about a post you break it down into > managable segments so your reader can understand without having to reread the post again and again. > > Does that make sense? It's late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what those in MPSIMS > thought of this trend. > > Any answers (that don't include my entire post in a solid chunk -- I know you smart asses out there ) to this? > It makes no sense. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little > excessive when you quote the entire post in your reply. > > < 10 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days is not good on the body, mind or spirit! > > > ``` > > Baglady > Sorry TechChick, I’ve done it before. > > ``` > In my defense, I usually trim the quote down somewhat, I try to remove the bold tag, and I usually only quote when the post > I'm responding to is quite a ways up. I shall stop. [aww hell, I'll TRY, anyway.] > > ``` > > ricepad > I’ll venture a guess…either the poster doesn’t know how to trim the excess from the quotation (and doesn’t understand how > to preview the post, too), or it’s just plain ol’ fashioned laziness. > techchick68 > Okay, I have noticed this quite a bit lately and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on why people do this. > > ``` > It's not a rant really but it boggles my mind. > > People are quoting an entire post within their post. The whole kit and kaboodle, usually with bold script. > > Now my understanding is, rather than quote the entire damn post in one chunk, you pick out the points that pertain to your > response. That said, if you have several points about a post you break it down into managable segments so your reader can > understand without having to reread the post again and again. > > Does that make sense? It's late and I am sooo tired but thought I would see what those in MPSIMS thought of this trend. > > Any answers (that don't include my entire post in a solid chunk -- I know you smart asses out there ) to this? It makes no > sense. > > BTW, the latest one I saw was the first post in a thread, a few posts after the first one seems a little excessive when you > quote the entire post in your reply. > > < 10 hours of sleep in 2 1/2 days is not good on the body, mind or spirit! > > > ``` \*\* I don’t see what the problem is? ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/19 "2000-08-03T16:41:16Z")
I don’t know. Sometimes I think I get a little quote happy, but then again, I try to keep my quotes brief, and try to only use them when the comment I’m responding to isn’t the last post or two. Well, okay, anytime when it may not seem immediately clear what I’m responding to, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-board-trend/27959/20 "2000-08-03T17:37:32Z")
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