Lengthy 'cut and paste' - acceptable or not?

Thanks from me too Lara.

Thank you Lara @ GN, for clarification.

I'm another one who just scrolls past them. Life's too short to read a load of lengthy waffle. Links are far better - I tend to ignore them as well.

I just lose interest in long and wordy cut and paste posts and skim over them; I feel like I'm being word bombed. Far better to summarise the main points and post a link so that people can read further if they wish.

I too do not read long cut and pastes. Give a link and a brief summary of the salient points.

I find it equally irritating when there are links, sometimes several and no indication of what they are about.

Winterwhite - "Gives the impression of trying to blank out everyone else."
I agree. It has been annoying me, and others, for ages. Glad GNHQ have done something about it.
And thanks Jura for starting the thread.

Another who dislikes this trend. Gives the impression of trying to blank out everyone else.
And I would prefer brief information on the source quoted in words not just an url.
Thank you for initiating this Jura.

Some people don’t choose to read links or can’t access them.
So I think it’s a good idea to summarise your point in a paragraph or two, then provide a link if appropriate, so people can choose to read further if they are interested.

Long cut’n’pastes makes the discussion very tedious.

I never read long cut and paste either - just find it a nuisance scrolling past them. Like Scribbles I often open links and read them.

Yup. If there's a long cut and paste I tend to just move on.

I tend not to read great screeds of cut & pasted text. It feels like homework whereas a link and a comment from the OP that this is praiseworthy/deplorable/cruel and what do others think? will probably spark my interest and i'll follow it up.

Links yes. Long cut n paste posts no!

Especially when the person doing the copying & pasting gives no indication of their own thoughts about the subject in hand.

I agree jura
I’m very happy to read other people’s opinions and sincerely held beliefs, but when long screeds are copied and pasted, it does feel as though we are being force-fed political propaganda.