Why Don't People Quote Properly?

[Piscean]

Lol, I went around on random threads writing down the names of people who were terribly quoters and guess who's name I wrote down first? I later decided not to identify anyone, for hate crimes may follow .

I knew I had a calling on this thread ;-)

[Piscean]

Its ok I dont hate you cuz i suc at quotes and gramer and spelin .....................

[Piscean]

Even so, some threads are hundreds of posts long and when a particularly quote-incompetent person comes along and omits the person's name for which they are quoting, unless the quote is on the same page and is very recent, how am I supposed to conveniently know who they're quoting?

But if they arent concearned with being personal about it, why does it matter who they are quoting? They are debating the point being made only. The person who wrote the quote should recognize their own work too right?

[Scribbler1]

Even so, some threads are hundreds of posts long and when a particularly quote-incompetent person comes along and omits the person's name for which they are quoting, unless the quote is on the same page and is very recent, how am I supposed to conveniently know who they're quoting?

While it would be nice to know who wrote the quote, it's not really all that necessary as you're not responding to the one who was quoted. And if you have to go back more than a page or two to find the original post it's probably best to not respond at all.
If you have to research every post you respond to you're going to be spending a LOT more time online than you had anticipated.

[Jinei]

But if they arent concearned with being personal about it, why does it matter who they are quoting? They are debating the point being made only. The person who wrote the quote should recognize their own work too right?

While it would be nice to know who wrote the quote, it's not really all that necessary as you're not responding to the one who was quoted. And if you have to go back more than a page or two to find the original post it's probably best to not respond at all.
If you have to research every post you respond to you're going to be spending a LOT more time online than you had anticipated.

Because sometimes I'll skim a page for responses that were made to my previous post. So I'll usually just look for my name in bold in a quote box. On occasion, I'll totally miss what someone had told or asked me because I didn't know they were responding - my name had been omitted from the quote.

[Scribbler1]

If your name is gone from the quote and you're not sure how to respond, ignore the post and move on to another one that DOES include your name.

If anyone accuses you of ducking his response, just tell him if he wanted an answer he should have used your name in the quote. Then he looks the fool and you don't have to even respond.

It's not all that important and we're not being monitored on post responses.

[Jinei]

If your name is gone from the quote and you're not sure how to respond, ignore the post and move on to another one that DOES include your name.

If anyone accuses you of ducking his response, just tell him if he wanted an answer he should have used your name in the quote. Then he looks the fool and you don't have to even respond.

It's not all that important and we're not being monitored on post responses.

How so much easier it would be if people just hit the button .....................

[Scribbler1]

How so much easier it would be if people just hit the button .....................

It might be easy and it doesn't take an expert to do it, but some people still don't do it.

As long as you don't have the power to force them to do it, you deal with it or ignore those posts.

[Kamehameha34]

I make it a point to quote properly, but I'm not annoyed when someone doesn't. I can usually recognize my work by the first 3 or 4 words, scanning for which by no means constitutes wasted time.

[Piscean]

I make it a point to quote properly, but I'm not annoyed when someone doesn't. I can usually recognize my work by the first 3 or 4 words

Me too.

[Rortykiller]

I dont really get the frustration. i mean, its not like you can't figure it out. its not even as hard to get as a math problem and we do those all day. what work or strain is a poorly quoted post anyways?

[Jinei]

I dont really get the frustration. i mean, its not like you can't figure it out. its not even as hard to get as a math problem and we do those all day. what work or strain is a poorly quoted post anyways?

It's quite the eye-soar

And anyway, all I'm saying is that I don't understand why people do it. It does frustrate me, but mainly, I want to know why people are so quote-incompetent.