Anyone else miss nested quotes?

[Hacp]

The solution to the nested quotes problem is to hide/show spoiler the nests.

 

[MovingTarget]

I agree that the old nested quotes were allowed to get too long. However I also think that the current single quote system sucks. I would think it would be easy for them to set a limit on nested quote depth. Something like 3 levels would still keep threads relatively clean and make conversations easier to follow.

This. Excessive nested quoting was a problem with the old forums, but nested quotes do serve a valid functional purpose in conversation here. It is a bit time consuming in longer threads to have to scroll back and look for a previous post to understand the context of something that has been replied to numerous times.

 

[fatpat268]

In Asia, many places with shopping carts have a mechanism that locks carts to each other in nested form. To release the cart, you need to insert a coin. If you want your coin back, then you need to nest your cart into another cart. I never see carts left in parking lots when I'm overseas.

It's common in germany and probably the rest of europe as well.

 

[MotionMan]

This. Excessive nested quoting was a problem with the old forums, but nested quotes do serve a valid functional purpose in conversation here. It is a bit time consuming in longer threads to have to scroll back and look for a previous post to understand the context of something that has been replied to numerous times.

Not to mention the ridiculous disappearing quotes within quotes (especially when the OP quotes from a news article - ALL quotes of the OP do not include any part of the original article!).

MotionMan