# Why do we not quote large posts?

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-we-not-quote-large-posts/54634>\
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion\
**Created:** [June 5, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-we-not-quote-large-posts/54634 "2013-06-05T22:09:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarkD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/markd/32/40845_2.png) [@MarkD](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarkD)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-we-not-quote-large-posts/54634/21 "2019-04-15T14:59:42Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I am heartened that people were pushing back against the insane recursive constant full quoting … that is sooo nasty to read. 😖

What, no appreciation for the Nested Quote Ziggurats of phpbb-style forums?

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why-do-we-not-quote-large-posts/54634/22 "2019-04-15T19:52:22Z")

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Oh my godddd they are the worst. A full quote isn’t _too_ bad but this kind of stuff…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/d/a/ddad1d6c02ea19c87684eb97f5b4e8dcc43f32a3.jpeg)

🔪 😱

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