Empty quoting on forums: Do you find it annoying?

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Personally I find it irritating and it annoys me when I see people do it. On another forum I frequent, its a suspend/bannable offence and I think that's a marvelous idea. It's just a waste of space and pads out threads unnecessarily.

If you don't know what I'm referring to, here's an example...
 
HangTime said:
I find it irritating when people quote the post directly above their own, unless it is a particularly long and wide-ranging one with a specific portion quoted.
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I don't think that's so bad, because 9/10 times by the time you've finished typing your reply, a post or two would've appeared after the one you've quoted.

/edit: point demonstrated exactly :D
 
Gilly said:
Doesn't bother me at all. I think it is rather petty to be bothered by something that is done for a reason like that.
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I know what you mean but I see it in nearly every thread and it doesn't really add anything useful to the thread in question :/
 
Gilly said:
Would you feel better about it if they included the words 'I agree' in their post?
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Somewhat yes, but in my opinion (and it is just an opinion), there isn't really much point in making a post at all unless you actually have something you want to contribute. But maybe that's just me :p
 
malc30 said:
Personally i like knowing that other members feel/think/agree with what i say. There is also the confirmation of advice by seeing numerous Agree type posts on a question asked. If 3 people on here that i know Quote/Agree on something i am happy to listen/take that advice/learn more about the subject etc.
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Yeah, I see what you mean... well I guess that's that then, general consensus of this thread seems to be everyone thinks empty quoting is good... fair do's :p
 
lol, there's a thin line between "being ironic" and "being a knob". I believe *just maybe* some people may have crossed it ;)
 
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