Forum etiquette - double-posting vs separating ideas?

[Dualgunner]

It's still rude to -snip- a quoted post

I disagree. If it's rude to snip a post then it is also rude to not click on the blue button that takes you back to the post in question.

[Rogatum]

snip

That seems overly complicated for those of that use a mobile device, especially when the quote has a button following the OP's name that will take them to the original post. Sure someone could say I am being lazy, but if someone did say that I would say the same since clicking the blue button is just one step, while the method you mentioned has multiple steps.

[KaivaC]

What? Why is it rude the snip posts? This is the second time somebody said it. How is that rude? I do it because I'm responding directly to the person I snipped. This feels like an overly sensitive reaction to a minor thing.

[KaivaC]

snip

Umm... No, it does not. It's for reading convenience. When those of us use mobile, snipping posts allows us to avoid hitting the post limit since we can't edit on mobile. Sometimes, don't want to have a huge wall of texts when posting a reply, so it's snipped. It's not rude at all. That's a huge reach you've made there.

[Reinha]

Since I'm on mobile, I can't edit my posts; snipping ensures I can get my opinion out without having to worry (much) about character limit.

When those of us use mobile, snipping posts allows us to avoid hitting the post limit since we can't edit on mobile.

You can edit on mobile by using the full version of the site.

[KaivaC]

You can edit on mobile by using the full version of the site.

Yea, except that's a pain because then the full version will get locked in to my mobile Chrome until I log out and log back in. It's a really inconvenient way to quote a post because there's no native way to revert back to the mobile site once you click that option.

[Reinha]

Yea, except that's a pain because then the full version will get locked in to my mobile Chrome until I log out and log back in. It's a really inconvenient way to quote a post because there's no native way to revert back to the mobile site once you click that option.

True, it's inconvenient if you prefer the mobile version. I always try to stay on the full version and didn't realize other people might not like it.

Well this was a bit off topic so I'll reply to the OP as well. As a reader I prefer when people post separate ideas and replies into their own paragraphs of the same post and underneath the quote(s) they are replying to. It's much easier to scroll past a big post with a good structure than to go a page forward when I want so see other people's posts. Also, I don't see how snipping is for the reader's convenience when I have to open a new tab to see what is being replied to instead of just reading it there. It's purely for the writer's convenience because they don't want to go through the effort to take out the irrelevant parts of a long quote or to edit on mobile.

As long as you don't edit posts in order to reply to something later in the thread, you're good in my book. Nothing disrupts a conversation flow more than someone replying in a previous post that has already been replied to. The person you're talking to will likely have no clue that you responded to them, and people who read it all after the fact have to piece together the conversation order.

This is probably done when people run out of daily posts and don't want to dig up the conversation the next day. Although I dislike the post limit, it's probably working as intended in the cases when people want to get the last word in and end up editing their posts.

[KaivaC]

I agree that KisaiTenshi may be overstating it by saying that replacing a quote with "snip" is equivalent to "what you said means nothing" - at least I *think* that's the specific quote you're responding to, but I can't actually tell because you didn't leave the quoted text there.

However, I don't consider completely removing the text to give any "reading convenience" - instead it just makes me uncertain exactly what part of the conversation a quoter is responding to, and I may have to stop and read back to work out the context.

Oh no, you are good. I often snip posts, depending on what exactly I'm responding to, how long it is, and how long my response is. The reading convenience response was more for my sake as a responder than anything else. And I can certainly understand from your stance what you mean. Generally, it just depends on whether I want to keep the quoted text or not. I understand what you're saying.

True, it's inconvenient if you prefer the mobile version. I always try to stay on the full version and didn't realize other people might not like it.

Eh, I flip between using a computer and my phone a lot - you'll generally know which one I'm using based on if my signature is showing in my post or not. I do wish that the devs would update the website. I frequent the Overwatch forums and I like the feel of the forums over there. Dunno anything about being able to go to the full site and back on mobile devices, but the general feel is pleasing.

[Mhaeric]

This is probably done when people run out of daily posts and don't want to dig up the conversation the next day. Although I dislike the post limit, it's probably working as intended in the cases when people want to get the last word in and end up editing their posts.

Proud next-day digger upper, here!

Also, the side argument going on... /smdh. Don't you people have anything better to do? It's RuPaul night for hunty's sake. Go watch that for your bitter bickering fix. The Vixen was dialed up to high tonight.

[347SPECTRE]

Why is this a thing?