The rule for trimming messages is the same everywhere: If
you don't need it, don't quote it.
Some contexts need more quoting than others. For example,
business letters quote *everything*, because some of them
are legal documents. (In the paper days, each business
letter contained an identifier that would allow the reader
to find his carbon copy of the letter that was being answered.)
In social media, read the message you are about to send and
ask yourself whether it would make sense to someone who
hasn't just read the message you are answering. If it makes
sense, send it. If it says "me too!", rewrite it. If you
can't tell which part of the quote your comment is
responding to, trim the parts that you are not responding to.
--
Joy Beeson
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
where it's sunny and warm and the rain that was supposed to
spoil the festival didn't show.
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