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Re: A Question about Posting Behavior
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:51:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, John Neal wrote:
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I have had this question in my mind since Todd initiated the color-coding for
responses in a thread: when someone replies to a post, why doesn’t the number
of arrows correspond to the text of the poster?
... snip ...
Can someone explain to me why this isn’t the case?
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Well, the reason is because “Sensible Person” didn’t actually write the text “In
lugnet.admin.general, Sensible Party wrote:”, so it’s not really something that
they said.
I believe it’s the standard for old text email quotings and newsgroup quotings,
which is what Lugnet is based on. Note that in most Bulletin Board posting
styles, it’s different, and the entirety of the quote is put in a very visible
box (sometimes quite handy).
So, basically, the answer is “because it’s more accurate”. But yeah, it
sometimes takes a little while to figure out who said what.
DaveE
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| I have had this question in my mind since Todd initiated the color-coding for responses in a thread: when someone replies to a post, why doesn't the number of arrows correspond to the text of the poster? For example, if someone named Sensible Party (...) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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