Originally Posted by
hingeless
Can an alternative be used to quoting the previous response such as using the @ symbol as in @Genius1 for example?
I know that I like using quote on forums but I personally think that it is over used.

@xyz will be very inconvenient for me as a computer user because I'd have to scroll up the page, or go back a page or two, to find the poster referenced.
I too am bothered when some people quote the whole response instead of just the relevant couple of sentences, but I think that's a fairly rare occurrence.