You bitched and moaned about the style of my carefully-constructed post,
so I used the opportunity ( as I often do ) to explain my preferences.
I'll always prefer those who concisely paraphrase, with ? ? quotes.

This particular reply is a perfect example why your particular style is
useless. You can't even tell who you are replying to, much less what
you mean by "bitch and moan", unless you use a web-based "newsreader" like
Google Groups (ugh) or something, or you chase the references. "Nothing"
is a bit _too_ concise.

(I think it's me; I'm not going to bother to check)

You prefer Mr. Art Deco, it seems,
a man who's forever chevron quoting hundreds of lines
( a.k.a. cascading ) adding a word or two on the end.

There's always been the opposite misuse of quoting, the infamous AOL
"Me too" post where the entirety of a large post is quoted with one line
added.