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Maybe it's my age and having come up via years of Usenet where inline quoting was absolutely standard, but I find inline quoting of a discussion helps me keep t
by NeedMoreTea 8y ago
Maybe it's my age and having come up via years of Usenet where inline quoting was absolutely standard, but I find inline quoting of a discussion helps me keep the flow of discussion. I find it's easier to follow than trying to retain a lengthy parent that a commenter is replying to, also at length.
If it's a long comment it's also likely some commenters are only able to address parts of it - again an inline quote clarifies.
I've never had cause to see it as a warning sign or more likely to be someone scoring points, that's going to happen sometimes with or without inline snippets.
- thomasmeeks 8y agoI can see that, and perhaps my experience has just been unlucky. I missed usenet by a few years.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoHmm, actually something just came to mind where quoting may hinder, though I've seen it with and without. Quoting may help focus on misdirection. Where someone wants to have a good argument rather than have a discussion. More a reddit game than HN but it does sometimes happen here, e.g. Someone making point with a couple of paragraphs. Commenter takes one sentence or point to shred, maybe it was a weak example or poorly phrased, to invalidate the whole. repeat. After a few rounds it's becoming clear they're intentionally avoiding the main point. Have I just committed the cardinal sin of being wrong on the internet? ;)
- thomasmeeks 8y agoWell you comitted the blessing of helping me feel heard so hopefully that balances out the sin. :) Exactly my point.