"" Start with an angle bracket, then use the asterisks to italicize and it's readable on mobile/PC and it's clear that you're quoting someone and it's clear what the quoted content is. ""
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How about this?
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That doesn't solve the problem of quoting multiple levels of the thread.
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Hold my beer :)
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>> This is a time-honored way of identifying a grandparent comment.
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Indeed it is, at least in email and Markdown. However, email quotations also usually include the "On $timestamp macintux wrote:" blurb in front to designate who wrote the quotation.
lol, so do mine. I wouldn't suggest this as an actual quoting method, needless to say. More of a thought experiment around what elements we'd need in a well-designed quoting method.
"What's wrong with quotation marks?"
They get messy, quick.