Posting above the quote was only cool on old Bnet

Thun · May 18, 2016, 01:04:41 AM

Knock it off Gaara

Aether · May 18, 2016, 01:08:18 AM

Not sure why peeps do it. Unless it's an abnormally long post, It takes less effort to click in the middle of the text field, and type after the quote.

Thun · May 18, 2016, 01:11:02 AM

I did it to be cool

Jono · May 18, 2016, 01:48:29 AM

Except nobody on old Bnet did it besides Achronos and a few Mythics who only posted in the Communty Forum

Thun · May 18, 2016, 01:54:09 AM

Quote from: Jono on May 18, 2016, 01:48:29 AM

Except nobody on old Bnet did it besides Achronos and a few Mythics who only posted in the Communty Forum

I used to do it. I wanted to be just like my old man, Achronos.

snee0rp · May 18, 2016, 04:01:58 AM

GAARA444 RIP

Luciana · May 18, 2016, 04:20:20 AM

I personally find it obnoxious and want to edit the posts and wag my finger in their faces.

Thun · May 18, 2016, 04:21:37 AM

Quote from: Luciana on May 18, 2016, 04:20:20 AM

I personally find it obnoxious and want to edit the posts and wag my finger in their faces.

Do it. m8.

You'd be the most ballin' ass mod if you did. I just doesn't like right with that blue text above the quote box.

May 18, 2016, 04:42:37 AM

Why? You can easily read the quoted poster below the text.

Quote from: Luciana on May 18, 2016, 04:20:20 AM

I personally find it obnoxious and want to edit the posts and wag my finger in their faces.

Thun · May 18, 2016, 04:43:57 AM

Watch it m8, you'll get the finger.

Quote from: Vien on May 18, 2016, 04:42:37 AM

Why? You can easily read the quoted poster below the text.
Quote from: Luciana on May 18, 2016, 04:20:20 AM
I personally find it obnoxious and want to edit the posts and wag my finger in their faces.

Thun · May 18, 2016, 04:44:57 AM

You know what? What if we all started posting above the quote box? Do you think Gaara would start posting normally if we did?

We should try it out.

May 18, 2016, 04:48:22 AM

Oh, I apologize.
I'll put the quote in a spoiler to hide it.

Spoiler

Quote from: Thunder on May 18, 2016, 04:43:57 AM

Watch it m8, you'll get the finger.
Quote from: Vien on May 18, 2016, 04:42:37 AM

Why? You can easily read the quoted poster below the text.
Quote from: Luciana on May 18, 2016, 04:20:20 AM
I personally find it obnoxious and want to edit the posts and wag my finger in their faces.

Ingy · May 18, 2016, 07:53:06 AM

Quote from: Vien on May 18, 2016, 04:42:37 AM

Why? You can easily read the quoted poster below the text.
Quote from: Luciana on May 18, 2016, 04:20:20 AM
I personally find it obnoxious You could also post in the quote itself if you really want to be jarl ballin and want to edit the posts and wag my finger in their faces.

gats · May 18, 2016, 08:17:42 AM

FOMAN LICKS DICK

Flee · May 18, 2016, 08:33:40 AM

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Dietrich Six · May 18, 2016, 11:05:24 AM

It's entirely too difficult to do on mobile, so I don't.

The Hån · May 18, 2016, 11:37:20 AM

Quote from: Thunder on May 18, 2016, 01:04:41 AM

Knock it off Gaara

Posting INSIDE of the quote is where it's at.

Verbatim · May 18, 2016, 11:40:35 AM

It really is asinine, but I'm pretty sure he only does it because he knows it bothers people.

Ian · May 18, 2016, 11:41:39 AM

I'm more hurt by the fact that you still call me Gaara.

Also, you don't need to see everything you just wrote. You already know what you posted and you're only interested in my response so why does it matter other than triggering your anal ass about posting style? Also don't try me Luciana, I triple dog dare you, I'll just reedit the post and fix the quotes back to the way I had it originally. And I know how to play forum wars of attrition like this, I once deleted and reposted a post on r/FFXIV ten times in one day because people kept downvoting it unjustly and I kept it up until they finally stopped downvoting me.

Quote from: Thunder on May 18, 2016, 01:04:41 AM

Knock it off Gaara

Ian · May 18, 2016, 11:44:15 AM

Well I do find it humorous how butthurt people get over it, it's more to do with the fact that (like Achronos mentioned on B.old) you're only interested in the response so why do you need to see this fluff above the most recent comment in the discussion? That and the fact that emails work in a similar manner and while I don't have as much as email as Achronos probably has/had I still use it enough to warrant making my postings somewhat uniform.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 18, 2016, 11:40:35 AM

It really is asinine, but I'm pretty sure he only does it because he knows it bothers people.

Verbatim · May 18, 2016, 11:46:23 AM

Quote from: Ian on May 18, 2016, 11:41:39 AM

You already know what you posted and you're only interested in my response so why does it matter other than triggering your anal ass about posting style?

because if i'm just scrolling through a thread and reading each post, it's better to know who/what you're responding to first so that i can get the context of your response

Ian · May 18, 2016, 11:48:52 AM

You can get that in the bottom of the post, it's literally right under my most recent comment like I have it set up with this comment. Some new user can come in and get the context of my post immediately by either reading your comment and then mine or reading what's below mine. And under that logic, people should be flipping out for not making entire quote trees that can go back as far as possible so we can see "the whole picture" of discussion, but we don't do that for obvious reasons, this is literally a non-issue.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 18, 2016, 11:46:23 AM

because if i'm just scrolling through a thread and reading each post, it's better to know who/what you're responding to first so that i can get the context of your response

Verbatim · May 18, 2016, 11:50:43 AM

Quote from: Ian on May 18, 2016, 11:48:52 AM

You can get that in the bottom of the post, it's literally right under my most recent comment like I have it set up with this comment. Some new user can come in and get the context of my post immediately by either reading your comment and then mine or reading what's below mine. And under that logic, people should be flipping out for not making entire quote trees that can go back as far as possible so we can see "the whole picture" of discussion, but we don't do that for obvious reasons, this is literally a non-issue.

absolutely terrible examples but i'm not gonna change your autistic behavior so whatever

nͫiͤcͫeͤ · May 18, 2016, 11:52:19 AM

honestly need to ban backwards quoters

Ian · May 18, 2016, 11:56:57 AM

If anyone's autistic it's Thunda for making a thread like this just to bleed out of the crotch over literally nothing.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 18, 2016, 11:50:43 AM

absolutely terrible examples but i'm not gonna change your autistic behavior so whatever

Aether · May 18, 2016, 12:30:36 PM

Quote from: Ian on May 18, 2016, 11:56:57 AM

If anyone's autistic it's Thunda for making a thread like this just to bleed out of the crotch over literally nothing.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 18, 2016, 11:50:43 AM
absolutely terrible examples but i'm not gonna change your autistic behavior so whatever

tbh there have been plenty of occasions where I was reading someone's post and didn't understand the context until I realized there was a quote below. I believe it has to do with how western society reads and sequesters textual information from left to right-top to bottom.

It's not something to freak out over but it becomes an inconvenience to some degree, regardless. One can argue that is isn't 'hard' to just look for the quote because it's, "right there below," but when I'm going through threads I'm not consciously looking for quotes after the reply. I have been conditioned to see them before the reply because of how textual information is read and sequestered in our society.