I am curious as to why some folks quote lengthy posts in their own posts. I suspect that before most of us read post #5 in a thread, we have already read posts 1 through 4, so we don't necessarily need to have post 3, say, in its 500 word entirety, quoted in the fifth post. Especially if what post #5 actually says is something like "I agree with what poster #3 said". A page of quotation for one sentence of reply??

Quote where you need to refer to something specific that was stated earlier, but keep it short and to the point. It makes it easier for the rest of us to read and follow.

DG