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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Posts make less sense now.  People respond to the visible quote, rather than to the entire thread.  The conversation is lost.  [/quote]

There are very few people who respond to an endlessly quote comment and actually read more than the bottom one or two comments.  Instead, you make it painful for anyone who isn't sitting at their computer procrastinating from doing work, to actually see and scroll through the thread.

The worst is when you have 2 people bickering who can't be bothered to clip their quotes and they will fill 2-3 pages with their replies that just get longer and longer and longer.

For those who want the conversation, they can click the button at the top to expand the comment chain.  Also, if they are replying, when you go to the reply page, it will show the entire chain.  They can read it there.

For those who read DCUM on smaller devices like tablets and phones, this is a godsend to avoid having to swipe over and over just to get to the next comment.[/quote]

Then just get rid of quoting altogether.  Because right now, the conversations are just a mess.  Some posters are responding to the thread and some are responding to the visible post.  [/quote]

You have a very small minority opinion.  A significant majority have chimed in that they like the new quotation style.[/quote]

I realize that I am in the minority.  I am pointing out that it doesn't work very well.  [/quote]
Being in the minority of expressed opinions, especially in this low-traffic part of DCUM, doesn't mean anything. The important thing is that you're right. How could this display change (not a "new quotation style") work well? Posts are being truncated, without regard for the effect on intelligibility. Yeah, you can see the entire post by clicking a button, but most users won't notice that, or click it if they do notice. Much less click a button on multiple posts.

Further, note some posters' insistence that only truncating down to one quote is good enough. Can't have two quotes, even though that'll increase the proportion of posts that are left intact. Everyone else's experience, and DCUM itself, should be compromised so these people can scroll through DCUM as fast as possible?[/quote]

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