Net54Baseball Posting Pet Peeve - "Quoting" Scans

[T206Collector]

Not sure if this is the right place for my gripe, but when people decide to quote other people in their threads, can you please make sure not to also include their scanned image, if there was one? It really makes the threads more cumbersome to read, especially on my mobile device, which is where I access Net54Baseball half the time.

Thanks....

[drc]

Haven't noticed that here, but that's a reasonable request. I've seen it happen on other boards know what you're talking about.

[canjond]

I actually have the opposite view. I prefer when someone quotes the scan so I don't have to go back through (sometimes) 4 pages of previous posts to figure out what card or item the quote referred to. When the 100th post in a string says "Killer card, Matt" and the scan isn't quoted, I then have to figure out who Matt is and what card was "killer."

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by canjond

I actually have the opposite view. I prefer when someone quotes the scan so I don't have to go back through (sometimes) 4 pages of previous posts to figure out what card or item the quote referred to.

I am sure there are times when revisiting the scan makes some practical sense, but most of the time it's like:

1. Here's my gorgeous Cobb card + image
2. "Here's my gorgeous Cobb card + image" Hey nice Cobb card
3. "Here's my gorgeous Cobb card + image" Wow! Great Cobb card
4. ""Here's my gorgeous Cobb card + image" That Cobb is unbelievable.

There you have 4 scans of the same card and basically no useful added information other than the appropriate kudos for a gorgeous Cobb card.

[FrankWakefield]

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[Leon]

Personally, I like using the quoting feature. It makes it easier to follow a conversation, for me, anyway. As for quoting scans, I can understand that being an annoyance. regards

[barrysloate]

I agree that there is far too much quoting on the board. It's a useful tool for an occasional reference, but it is used on almost every post and is often unnecessary.

[calvindog]

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That card is awesome!

[Jason Carota]

Originally Posted by canjond

When the 100th post in a string says "Killer card, Matt" and the scan isn't quoted, I then have to figure out who Matt is and what card was "killer."

I like the quote feature for extracting certain parts of posts. As for quoting scans, I use the following method (using Jeff's Cobb as an example):

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Originally Posted by calvindog

Image of Ty Cobb HM Taylor Postcard

Beautiful card!

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