Why BB Code is not right there for u to click

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Y is there no buttons for “quote” “bold” etc?

i find it annoying to have to keep typing out

[quote]
etc

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I was going to make a thread about the lack of a quote button, but instead, I’ll just say that I concur with the OP’s grievances. No offense, but there’s no excuse for a message board in 2009 to not have a quote button.

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b u m p

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I think that all of this…

[College</a> Confidential - BB Code List](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/misc.php?do=bbcode]College”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/misc.php?do=bbcode)

…should be offered up in a more modernized fashion

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The lack of a quote button is intentional. Two problems with quoting:

  1. Often, members reproduce the entire previous message in order to add a brief comment - this is messy and makes reading the thread difficult.

  2. In other forums, I have seen members use the quote feature to dissect and refute previous posts in great detail. We don’t encourage such posts as they do not foster the spirit of community we want. If someone wants to enter into such a debate, they will have to do their own quote management.

While sometimes it would be handy to have the easy quote button (for me too!), adding the short quote tags isn’t all that onerous. Thanks for understanding!