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by JohnFen 19 days ago
> People quote other sources sometimes. That's entirely OK.

It's OK in the context of doing that to support a larger discussion they're participating in. It's not OK if the quote is the entirety of the response.

> you are more than likely to lose the person entirely from the conversation anyway.

Perhaps, but they weren't really participating in the discussion anyway.