POLL: Should the "Quote" option be used instead of @member?

[extropic]

But now you are asking a different question...

When folks reply to a thread, where they are replying to a previous post, but forget or just do not want to use quote... I do not feel like that is inconsiderate or rude... Some folks are not aware or care about best practices when communicating via forums... And to me, that is fine. I do not pay too much attention to that.

Life is too short to worry about that... If I can't follow a reply someone made... not a big deal to me...

Yes, I did put a finer point on the issue.
The complaint came out of left field for me so I'm trying to get to the meat of it. The "inconsiderate" aspect has not been something I had considered before.

The tools now belong to a certain member. I found some info about the maker of those tools and wanted to pass it on to the new owner. I didn't consider whether or not I had a responsibility to educate the masses.

The question now seems to be, is it best practice to use Quote so that any pilgrim can figure it out at any time.

 

[wachuko]

The question now seems to be, is it best practice to use Quote so that any pilgrim can figure it out at any time.

I always found that to be good forum etiquette... Just like deleting most of a long thread if you are only addressing one part of the comment...

Not a good etiquette to quote long posts to say "Cool!" or "Thanks!"

But again, we come here to relax and share our passion in this hobby... not to be strict of etiquette or whatnot...

As long as we are respectful of each other... the rest is really not that important to me. Scrolling is easy, lol.

 

[extropic]

I always found that to be good forum etiquette... Just like deleting most of a long thread if you are only addressing one part of the comment...

Not a good etiquette to quote long posts to say "Cool!" or "Thanks!"

But again, we come here to relax and share our passion in this hobby... not to be strict of etiquette or whatnot...

As long as we are respectful of each other... the rest is really not that important to me. Scrolling is easy, lol.

I think the discussion has tuned me up a bit. In the monster threads (like POTD) I think I'll be more likely to use the Quote to leave an easy backtrack for everyone.

 

[wachuko]

Oh, something I wanted to mention. It is also important to recognize that folks are forge in many different ways... I do not take offense to anything they say... again, life is too short for that. If I was to take offense I might miss a golden nugget of information that was embedded in all that noise...

I listen/read what folks share, take what I can use or understand today... some I will understand or use tomorrow, some I will never understand...

My job job for 20+ years was dealing with crisis management for a major software company... I have dealt with all kinds of situations and attitudes from folks under a lot of stress... can't take that to heart... must be able to work around it. Wine or whiskey also helps

 

[mmcmdl]

Wine or whiskey also helps

Isn't THAT the truth ! Here's to ya ! Oh , and I quoted you . It works for me .

 

[vtcnc]

Multi-quoting is useful as well. If you want to respond to several people in one post, click the quote button on each post you want to quote and then insert the quotes into your post. You can rearrange them in a popup window when you are ready to insert them.

Hey @wachuko you explained the main purpose of both functions well below:

When I want to make sure that I am answering to a specific post... I use the quote function.

After many posts are done, if you do not use the quote option, makes it difficult to follow what they are talking about...

Oh, and if the quote is a lot of text, I might trim that down to the specific comment I am highlighting

The @ , I only use to make sure the person I want to see my comment is alerted...

Makes sense?

@Dabbler - I think this is a good explanation as to how you can use both.

I use both. If my reply is directly related to the post above, I use neither, especially if it is a 'bravo' message, or a direct specific answer in the very next post. I use the 'quote' function if I am responding to to a post several posts above, so a person can use the 'navigate' arrow to follow the post backwards. I use @Member when I am drawing specific attention to that member or I am answering only them in a thread.

I find that if everybody quotes every post above, reading the thread can get messy, so I only use it to go back several or many posts,-

@extropic - Glad you brought this up. They two features are both very useful. I don't think it is inconsiderate to use one or the other in preference over the other. Quoting does allow you to bounce around the thread more easily so you aren't having to excessively scroll and pick through a big thread with many pages. Quotes are simply hyperlinks but also mentions at the same time.

The @extropic mention is simply that. It is particularly useful when a member is not following a thread and you want the member to be alerted that you want them to be involved in the thread.

Yes, I did put a finer point on the issue.
The complaint came out of left field for me so I'm trying to get to the meat of it. The "inconsiderate" aspect has not been something I had considered before.

The tools now belong to a certain member. I found some info about the maker of those tools and wanted to pass it on to the new owner. I didn't consider whether or not I had a responsibility to educate the masses.

The question now seems to be, is it best practice to use Quote so that any pilgrim can figure it out at any time.

 

[savarin]

I use quote and trim it, easy peasy

 

[IamNotImportant]

The "@"screen name of person, isn't for backtracking anything. It is used to bring something to that person's attention. Fore they may not be a participant in that thread or conversation.
For example, Kudos to @7milesup for being a great guy...

For me, I use Quoting any time I want to speak to a specific part of a thread. Thread topics often drift so in this case it is very helpful. The trick of highlighting a section and then being able to click the "Quote" makes it pretty trivial to do. I'm not a fan of quoting a long posting just to address one point.

If I'm replying in general to the topic or something germane to the thread I just post (such as this). I use the @ notation whenever I refer to someone on this forum, as it then generates a notification for them (depending on how they set their preferences). Sometimes that is when I'm replying to two people's general questions without emphasizing a specific phrasing.

Not that I'm trying to enforce my protocol on anyone, but I consider it poor manners to refer to someone without using the @ in front of their name, sort of talking about them behind their back.

Quoting is good with in a thread.. @screenname is bring attention to someone outside of the thread.

 

[pdentrem]

I prefer quote with clip if required for clarification. Just using a member name with multiple post from said member can lead to confusion.
Pierre

 

[Dhal22]

Good discussion here.