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maddash is a big fat douche bag

someone who apparently (maybe) agrees with what this douche bag wrote:

this douche bag wrote:maddash is a big fat douche bag

Two posting "techniques" that really annoy me:

Example 1:

maddash is a big fat douche bag

People who quote others without including the poster's name. Sometimes it works when your post immediately follows theirs, but a lot of times in a busy baseball thread I'll see something quoted with nothing to indicate who actually said what's being quote. Who are you quoting?! You're not quoting at that point, you're just writing stuff with a tan background to it. Your highschool English teacher would be less than pleased.

Example 2:

someone who apparently (maybe) agrees with what this douche bag wrote:

this douche bag wrote:maddash is a big fat douche bag

People who just quote others. That's it. That's all they do. They just quote them and write nothing else. I'm assume they're quoting that person because they agree with them, maybe? I mean, even a simple + after the quote is enough for me to get what you're saying, but simply quoting someone is (for me at least) like just repeating something someone just said, which is very annoying.

What are other posting styles that annoy you?

Example 1:

maddash is a big fat douche bag

People who quote others without including the poster's name. Sometimes it works when your post immediately follows theirs, but a lot of times in a busy baseball thread I'll see something quoted with nothing to indicate who actually said what's being quote. Who are you quoting?! You're not quoting at that point, you're just writing stuff with a tan background to it. Your highschool English teacher would be less than pleased.

Example 2:

someone who apparently (maybe) agrees with what this douche bag wrote:

this douche bag wrote:maddash is a big fat douche bag

People who just quote others. That's it. That's all they do. They just quote them and write nothing else. I'm assume they're quoting that person because they agree with them, maybe? I mean, even a simple + after the quote is enough for me to get what you're saying, but simply quoting someone is (for me at least) like just repeating something someone just said, which is very annoying.

What are other posting styles that annoy you?

omaha_red wrote:

Example 1:

maddash is a big fat douche bag

People who quote others without including the poster's name. Sometimes it works when your post immediately follows theirs, but a lot of times in a busy baseball thread I'll see something quoted with nothing to indicate who actually said what's being quote. Who are you quoting?! You're not quoting at that point, you're just writing stuff with a tan background to it. Your highschool English teacher would be less than pleased.

Example 2:

someone who apparently (maybe) agrees with what this douche bag wrote:

this douche bag wrote:maddash is a big fat douche bag

People who just quote others. That's it. That's all they do. They just quote them and write nothing else. I'm assume they're quoting that person because they agree with them, maybe? I mean, even a simple + after the quote is enough for me to get what you're saying, but simply quoting someone is (for me at least) like just repeating something someone just said, which is very annoying.

What are other posting styles that annoy you?

you're indeed a douche bag

haltz wrote:I do the first thing a lot. When I want to respond to a specific part of a post, for some reason it's easier to just copy/paste the small part than hit quote and delete what I don't want to reply to or I think isn't pertinent or whatever.

Leroy wrote:

haltz wrote:I do the first thing a lot. When I want to respond to a specific part of a post, for some reason it's easier to just copy/paste the small part than hit quote and delete what I don't want to reply to or I think isn't pertinent or whatever.

I've noticed. It is best though, to say who you are quoting, so I can read the name and decide whether to dismiss the comment out of hand without wasting time reading it.

haltz wrote:

Leroy wrote:

haltz wrote:I do the first thing a lot. When I want to respond to a specific part of a post, for some reason it's easier to just copy/paste the small part than hit quote and delete what I don't want to reply to or I think isn't pertinent or whatever.

I've noticed. It is best though, to say who you are quoting, so I can read the name and decide whether to dismiss the comment out of hand without wasting time reading it.

Fair enough. I'll work on it.

Huge quotes annoy me. Especially when it's like 9 quote boxes within each other. Unless it's omaha and bulldog saying how much they hate each other. Somehow that doesn't get old.

haltz wrote:Unless it's omaha and bulldog saying how much they hate each other. Somehow that doesn't get old.

thrill wrote:

haltz wrote:Unless it's omaha and bulldog saying how much they hate each other. Somehow that doesn't get old.

correct and hilarious.