Help me understand why the quotes are as they are?

[Angrboda]

I don't care for the way that AF concatenates posts, either, but my understanding was that it is done to prevent spammers (or idiots or trolls) from using multiple separate posts in a row to disrupt things, kill thread discussions, and make a mess which takes a long time for staff to clean up. Or that's the reason I recall hearing. Maybe a staff member can explain more fully. I don't see that happening at the other forum I frequent, but then that forum is a considerably smaller target and seems less afflicted with spammers and trolls in general.

For reasons having to do with administration of the forum, staff are immune to this feature. "Bloody favorites!"