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there is no agreed standard format Most people here italicise quotes with asterisks. see http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/form

• brk 17y ago
  Most people here italicise quotes with asterisks. That's been my method as well. Easy enough to quote a block of text that way without having to manually format/indent and add >'s.
  • pbhjpbhj 17y ago
    Most do use asterisks, but not all, some use simple quote marks others use >. Italics are also use just for emphasis. without having to manually format/indent and add >'s. You just add one > at the head of the para, it's quicker than adding asterisks at either end. Reddit's version also nests quotes.