Why do we not quote large posts?

[MarkD (Mk1 Yoyos)]

@codinghorror

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?

[codinghorror]

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