Opinion of making posts with ">"

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

From: I left my heart in the back of the cab

> I'm proud to say this is one horrible forum trend/meme (though
> I'm sure it originated elsewhere) that I have never participated
> in even once. Especially since it's really just a pretentious way
> of avoiding the person being replied to's point and basically
> saying "haha you're stupid, I'm right and you're wrong."
>
> F[inks]ing terrible in all circumstances and should be killed with fire.


I'm old school, so for me '>' will always mark quoted text in an email or a Usenet posting.