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The Quote button
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Anonymous Freak
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Moo.
Quadraman
Well-known member
All you're going to accomplish is encourage people to stop quoting entirely by making it too much work. Not only is it too much work to quote manually, it is also going to be difficult to determine who someone is replying to if when they don't include a quote in their post causing everyone to have to click and scroll back through the thread to figure what the hell the last poster is talking about.
It would be like if I suddenly out of the blue made a remark to you in person about a conversation we had two weeks ago that you no longer remember but I make no reference to that conversation to jog your memory when I make the remark. With no point of reference, you're going to stand there and stare at me like I'm speaking to you in a foreign language. In a very long thread with no quoting, it's going to be too much work to try to guess which post is being replied to.
It would be like if I suddenly out of the blue made a remark to you in person about a conversation we had two weeks ago that you no longer remember but I make no reference to that conversation to jog your memory when I make the remark. With no point of reference, you're going to stand there and stare at me like I'm speaking to you in a foreign language. In a very long thread with no quoting, it's going to be too much work to try to guess which post is being replied to.
Trash80toHP_Mini
NIGHT STALKER
. . . tick . . . tick . . . tick . . . tick . . . pause . . .
OK, we'vwe had some thoughtful, non-emotional posts by some new and some already parcipitating comrades, so the padlock warning is suspended for a bit yet.
Let's have some creative ideas about how to handle this situation, so that new recruits and less than net-ready comrades can be instructed by the membership on internet etiquette.
This would preferably be accomplished WITHOUT a lot of PMs flying about and overburdening the mod/admin staff.
I'm kickin' around a few notions, but let's hear from the membership . . . no voting, it's NOT a democracy . . . but suggestions and creative solutions are always welcome!
jt :lisa:
OK, we'vwe had some thoughtful, non-emotional posts by some new and some already parcipitating comrades, so the padlock warning is suspended for a bit yet.
Let's have some creative ideas about how to handle this situation, so that new recruits and less than net-ready comrades can be instructed by the membership on internet etiquette.
This would preferably be accomplished WITHOUT a lot of PMs flying about and overburdening the mod/admin staff.
I'm kickin' around a few notions, but let's hear from the membership . . . no voting, it's NOT a democracy . . . but suggestions and creative solutions are always welcome!
jt :lisa:
aftermac
Well-known member
I normally try to avoid bickering and threads that are about to go up in flames, but since Trash80 is welcoming a bit of feedback...
While it may have been a bit petty of the admins to remove the Quote button, I do think it will cut down on the amount of first reply's to a thread that quote the ENTIRE first post. That's just silliness. Of, course that's what you are replying to. It doesn't need to be quoted.
So far, I've quoted a few people just fine from the "Post a reply" page - and even learned that I can just select part of the post and click the quote button. That should more than suffice for my needs and I don't see it as a real inconvenience.
I've always loved this discussion forum, but some of the argueing and immaturity at times has driven me away. If you look at the old forum archive I originally joined in 2002, and I remember when the group started on the old MacAddict forums, but I've only participated from time to time. After a while it just gets to be not fun... and collecting, restoring, and discussing these old machines should be fun!
Sorry, if I got on a bit of a tangent, but I've wanted to get that off my chest for a while now.
If there is anything that I, personally, can do to make this forum better please let me know.
While it may have been a bit petty of the admins to remove the Quote button, I do think it will cut down on the amount of first reply's to a thread that quote the ENTIRE first post. That's just silliness. Of, course that's what you are replying to. It doesn't need to be quoted.
So far, I've quoted a few people just fine from the "Post a reply" page - and even learned that I can just select part of the post and click the quote button. That should more than suffice for my needs and I don't see it as a real inconvenience.
I've always loved this discussion forum, but some of the argueing and immaturity at times has driven me away. If you look at the old forum archive I originally joined in 2002, and I remember when the group started on the old MacAddict forums, but I've only participated from time to time. After a while it just gets to be not fun... and collecting, restoring, and discussing these old machines should be fun!
Sorry, if I got on a bit of a tangent, but I've wanted to get that off my chest for a while now.
If there is anything that I, personally, can do to make this forum better please let me know.
Anonymous Freak
Well-known member
I will admit to being a little guilty of Quote-button overuse until prodded. I used to be really good about it, but got lazy, and hadn't even noticed I was 'offending' until someone prodded. (Although it would have been appreciated had the prodding been both more obvious, and more polite. I hadn't even realized what the prodding was about until this thread was created.)
Trash80toHP_Mini
NIGHT STALKER
Very cool, comrade! Taking even constructive criticism can be difficult. It seems you've got a bit of ye olde gentlemanly style about you!
Some of the "new recruits" in the MLA would be never be considered noobs ANYWHERE!
Postcount incentives are VERBOTEN! So no go on that suggestion, sorry.
Lets have some creative solutions posted here gang!
Meanwhile, I'll read over the war room discussion about this subject (that I was apparently remiss in ignoring :I ) and mull over my own notions.
Have at it members new/old/young/aged . . . and the silly lamp is still lit, so we can keep this light hearted . . .
. . . the comic relief a few posts back was much needed and quite refreshing!
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Some of the "new recruits" in the MLA would be never be considered noobs ANYWHERE!
Postcount incentives are VERBOTEN! So no go on that suggestion, sorry.
Lets have some creative solutions posted here gang!
Meanwhile, I'll read over the war room discussion about this subject (that I was apparently remiss in ignoring :I ) and mull over my own notions.
Have at it members new/old/young/aged . . . and the silly lamp is still lit, so we can keep this light hearted . . .
. . . the comic relief a few posts back was much needed and quite refreshing!
) 
macgeek417
Well-known member
inb4lock
Stupid crap like this is why I pretty much never visit here anymore. The admins do something, people don't like it, everyone complains, the admins ignore everyone.
(BTW, the only reason I'm here right now is because ThePurpleCube's host is down and no-one is in their IRC channel right now. I don't even have the 68kMLA bookmarked anymore.)
You guys should get a slogan... like "The 68kMLA... Where all of the mods and admins are like Reflection!"
Stupid crap like this is why I pretty much never visit here anymore. The admins do something, people don't like it, everyone complains, the admins ignore everyone.
This is becoming more and more true...
(BTW, the only reason I'm here right now is because ThePurpleCube's host is down and no-one is in their IRC channel right now. I don't even have the 68kMLA bookmarked anymore.)
You guys should get a slogan... like "The 68kMLA... Where all of the mods and admins are like Reflection!"
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