Opinion of quoting without alerting

[Left Wing]

What I mean by that is when people quote someone but for whatever reason they don’t use the quote button and instead type it out like I did below which doesn’t send an alert to the poster.

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[They not like us]

What I mean by that is when people quote someone but for whatever reason they don’t use the quote button and instead type it out like I did below which doesn’t send an alert to the poster.

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[Former President tack50]

Horrible Practice, but the only person I know of that does that is Ben Kenobi, who is mostly retired by now

[They not like us]

Horrible Practice, but the only person I know of that does that is Ben Kenobi, who is mostly retired by now

The recommend feature has definitely helped to cut down on empty quoting.

[Left Wing]

Horrible Practice, but the only person I know of that does that is Ben Kenobi, who is mostly retired by now

He came back right before the election and started doing it a TON. I’ve seen a couple other posters do it but none to the same extent as him.

[Former President tack50]

Horrible Practice, but the only person I know of that does that is Ben Kenobi, who is mostly retired by now

The recommend feature has definitely helped to cut down on empty quoting.

This isn't really about emptyquoting, but rather deliberately removing the mention to the other user. Like this

[Virginiá]

Is this really a thing? It seems strange for someone to make that extra effort just to avoid alerting someone - something that isn't even guaranteed since not everyone has alerts enabled.

[They not like us]

Horrible Practice, but the only person I know of that does that is Ben Kenobi, who is mostly retired by now

The recommend feature has definitely helped to cut down on empty quoting.

This isn't really about emptyquoting, but rather deliberately removing the mention to the other user. Like this

Oh wow, I really misread this thread lmao. Yeah, this is definitely a dumb practice.

[Kingpoleon]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

[Dr. MB]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

Why would you not have them turned on? Beats manually searching to see if someone replied to you. It's also a little annoying when other people have them turned off and then they don't see your replies to them.

[F. Joe Haydn]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

Nope, me neither. If they're not on by default why should I be expected to go find some option in the settings?

[7,052,770]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

No. I've never known that was a feature and have no interest in turning it on.

[Santander]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

Why would you not have them turned on? Beats manually searching to see if someone replied to you. It's also a little annoying when other people have them turned off and then they don't see your replies to them.

I couldn't care less what other people have to say. I only care that they like my posts and give me the attention I need and deserve.

[Left Wing]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

Nope, me neither. If they're not on by default why should I be expected to go find some option in the settings?

Is it not on automatically? It was for me.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Horrible Practice, but the only person I know of that does that is Ben Kenobi, who is mostly retired by now

The recommend feature has definitely helped to cut down on empty quoting.

[bagelman]

I've never seen it unless you're quoting from a thread that is locked.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I've never seen it unless you're quoting from a thread that is locked.

I would say FF if it's from a locked thread, HP if otherwise. Voted HP.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

No. I've never known that was a feature and have no interest in turning it on.

[Virginiá]

Am I the only one who doesn’t have alerts turned on?

Nope, me neither. If they're not on by default why should I be expected to go find some option in the settings?

Is it not on automatically? It was for me.

I set it to enabled by default for new users sometime after March. Your registration date fits into that range, albeit barely. That might be why. Prior to that, it wasn't.