[layer8]

I know I’m not alone, because I regularly see pure quotes downvoted. If you want to make a point or ask a question, state it. Merely quoting something is lazy and doesn’t add to the discussion. It also appears to assume that the readers haven’t read the article yet. It’s annoying to get a seemingly random quote from an article one just read, without any insight given on why the commenter is posting the particular quote. Imagine if everyone would only post quotes of the parts that caught their fancy, without further comment.

[anonymars]

Just chiming in to reinforce this take. It's not clear to me what it brings to the discussion to copy and paste an arbitrary portion of the text I just read.

Why did you pick that particular passage? Do you agree with it, or disagree with it (why)? What makes it particularly relevant or important to emphasize? Etc.