Young Writers Society

Nate wrote:Over the past year or so, a craze has swept YWS in which one quotes the entire literary work then adds maybe one or two suggestions. We've all seen them, and most of us are probably guilty of it at one time or another (including myself), but it's typically bad form as well. For one, how is the author supposed to distinguish between their own material and your review Worse yet, it gets harder to give opinions on something because you don't want to add another paragraph? Some people use colors to help with that, but you're still forcing the author to wade through their own work just to read what you have to say Though I thought they just skipped until they found the red but... yeah.

For another, it's a crutch and a bad habit. People like giving line by line reviews because they're easy. But such reviews are also rarely helpful. More helpful to the author than a grammar suggestion is a explanation of why you liked or didn't like something. There's a reason why Clint Eastwood makes a point of asking people what they liked about "Gran Torino" when they tell him what a great movie it is.

So, the quote button is now gone in the literary works areas And I therefore feel more inclined to report posts . HOWEVER, this is just the removal of a button. You can still use the quote bbcode, and the quote button in the "Post a reply" page still appears. So technically, you can still quote the entire work if you wish. You just have to use the bbcode instead of pressing the button. By the way, I do recognise that quoting an entire work for the purpose of reviewing it is legitimate. But, the people who can pull off such reviews probably know the quote bbcode already.

TheNewHero wrote:I've already seen the effects. At least two users have still quoted... but not even with the code... just quotation marks. Ah well.