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    Seeing all of these pyramids reminds me now of why this quote thing was removed in the first place and I now agree with the decision...again. These pyramids look terrible, even if they do contain only two quotes. I would rather go through the pain of copy/pasting every quote that I need in order not to have to look at these ugly pyramid posts. Yes, they are ugly.
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    <Edit by Kishi: See what I did here was

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    I deleted the crap.>

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeza
    Seeing all of these pyramids reminds me now of why this quote thing was removed in the first place and I now agree with the decision...again. These pyramids look terrible, even if they do contain only two quotes. I would rather go through the pain of copy/pasting every quote that I need in order not to have to look at these ugly pyramid posts. Yes, they are ugly.
    Leeza, after seeing those hideously big and ugly pyramids in this thread, I totally agree with you.

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    Kawaii once again proves his greatness...but now there isn't an example of the tons of crap ;_;

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    You two might be more concerned with appearance, but the rest of us will be happy with the added ease-of-use of those "pyramids." '

    Practicality > aesthetics

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    At the end of the day, the only advantage of multi-quoting is it saves time. But not that much time, so if one is prepared to make the effort of posting then surely one can make the effort to copy and paste etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nod
    At the end of the day, the only advantage of multi-quoting is it saves time. But not that much time, so if one is prepared to make the effort of posting then surely one can make the effort to copy and paste etc.
    It not only saves time, but it also makes the comments make sense to the readers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin
    Quote Originally Posted by Nod
    At the end of the day, the only advantage of multi-quoting is it saves time. But not that much time, so if one is prepared to make the effort of posting then surely one can make the effort to copy and paste etc.
    It not only saves time, but it also makes the comments make sense to the readers.
    I see your point. Im unsure as to how it could be done, but surely some kind of limit could put on the amount of quotes allowed within quotes?

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    One quote at a time, yes, that makes the comments make sense to the readers. Quoting three or four posts at once because someone is too lazy to delete the unnecessary ones in the pile makes an eyesore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeza
    One quote at a time, yes, that makes the comments make sense to the readers. Quoting three or four posts at once because someone is too lazy to delete the unnecessary ones in the pile makes an eyesore.
    What happens when someone double-posts? Do you make a new program to make double-posting impossible? No, you delete the post. If someone does it increasingly often, you warn the member.

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    I don't want to even have to warn a member because I don't want to see them period. Any use of them at all is too much as far as I'm concerned.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeza
    I don't want to even have to warn a member because I don't want to see them period. Any use of them at all is too much as far as I'm concerned.
    Again, so do you want to get rid of double-posting period?

    And how is one use too much? It makes debating and rebutting so much easier. I consider the it an extremely valuable asset in WE and EoEO threads.

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    Please don't compare double posting to quoting pyramids.

    As I have said before, even one use of pyramids is too much because it is enough of an eyesore to throw whatever convenience that it might have to offer out the window. Of course, this is all just my opinion, but I'll fight for it.
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    Please don't compare double posting to quoting pyramids.
    Why not? They're parallel, as far as I see it. Both are an aesthetic annoyance, one of which has been fixed by edits from moderators, and one which you suggest remove? It doesn't make sense.

    As I have said before, even one use of pyramids is too much because it is enough of an eyesore to throw whatever convenience that it might have to offer out the window.
    So, one person using it once nullifies the dozens of people that it helps? If people abuse it, edit it out. If one person abuses it enough, then it's the same as if they were spamming or double-posting a lot - they can be warned. I don't see how this is any different, or could even be considered different.

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