Why do people quote OP?

[LiteCoinGuy]

You know what grinds my gears?

When someone quotes a huge OP. Or any OP for that matter. There is no need for it.
Maybe someone can help me understand? As far as I know, its a waste of space.

good question.

[Sourgummies]

Also makes it easier to reply in thick threads with multiple pages. Memory is a bit short.

[yummyransom]

What's OP then? I don't know if what's the purpose of it

[gentlemand]

Original Poster.

I rarely quote a whole post, just one section that I feel like responding to and it does focus the discussion. It's the quotes with humongous images that get most on my nerves.

[TTMNewsMJ]

I think it's because they want to contribute to some posts.

[ThunderThomas]

I guess to reply to the OP. I don't like it when people quote really long posts either, i usually just quote the part I'm replying to and not the whole post.

So i try to quote just the part I want to reply at.

In most cases you see it is more appealing to read it.

[svein]

You know what grinds my gears?

When someone quotes a huge OP. Or any OP for that matter. There is no need for it.
Maybe someone can help me understand? As far as I know, its a waste of space.

to male their posts seem more long and constructive

[codishmumu]

Because it's the cool thing to do.

[tiggytomb]

If it is a huge OP and more than 1 person keeps quoting it it can become quite tedious having to scroll through it to get to the comment, you can simply quote the part you are responding to.

As far as I know signature campaigns do not count the words within a quote otherwise we would be seeing a lot more people doing it for that reason.