Certainly. But I think the gp is referring to the idea of putting a single greater-than sign at the beginning of a long, soft-wrapped paragraph. 4chan (and othe

Certainly. But I think the gp is referring to the idea of putting a single greater-than sign at the beginning of a long, soft-wrapped paragraph. 4chan (and other sites) would highlight the whole paragraph, but on HN if it is very long it isn't immediately obvious that it's a quote. Hard-wrapping the quote and putting a greater-than sign in front of each line, as in email or Usenet is much clearer than the style typically used on HN.