The number of nested quotes is limited to 3.

But the software will gladly add 4 for you automatically.

Going back into the giant block of text to pick out the most nested quote and delete it is really annoying.

The limitation should be removed or the software should only add the last 3.

Perhaps the better solution would be refuse to automatically quote more than two levels and force the poster to manually add anything deeper!

but this is already the case (only with 3, not 2)

the point is, that it initially will include all the quoted levels, but it won't accept them, forcing you to manually edit them (which can be problematic if you miss a quote tag -- then you can't tell who said what)

I don't mind the quote limits -- it reduces potential undue strain on the server -- but badukjr is right, the software should be smart enough to figure out the last x number of quoted levels and only include those in the first place.

I wrote mine as a joke, however, I am not sure that the current suggestion is going to work if I understand it correctly. Only the poster can know which of the multiple quotes they really want to address. As a result, shouldn't the software simply issue a warning that the quoted text loaded into the text box now contains too many levels? The poster needs to sort it out.

So you often find yourself quoting a response to a response to a post, when in fact you want to respond to the original post?

What nested quote limit? I don't see any limit.

Here's a thought. Why nest at all?

Shakespeare didn't nest his dialogues.

Besides, nesting separates the person quoted from what he or she said. That makes reading the exchange more difficult.

Why not make quotes serial?

Here's a thought. Why nest at all?

Shakespeare didn't nest his dialogues.

Besides, nesting separates the person quoted from what he or she said. That makes reading the exchange more difficult.

Why not make quotes serial?

If I quote someone quoting someone else and it's serial it's not clear that I'm not quoting two people separately. You can usually figure it out by context but not always.

Though, honestly the sites I'm used to just quote the first person and trim away any quotes by them leaving just their post. It forces you to read back through a thread to figure out an argument but it works fine to be honest. It just looks weird sometimes.

I would have to disagree. Most comments on blogs are done without quotes. I find it can be very difficult to follow any significant back and forth discussion. YMMV