(January 16, 2015 at 4:44 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(January 16, 2015 at 4:39 pm)Blackout Wrote: I have a question about calling out - If I find a user's post useful and wish to start a new thread about a different topic, can I quote it and use it to start the new thread, even if I don't mention the user's name or don't call him out directly?
If you use the quote, you must attribute it. Why not just start a thread with your own wording? That way, everyone is happy, no one is called out, and staff doesn't have to deal with it.
Yes but the quote may have some useful or rational point of view that was expressed better than I could have. I'm asking this because in other forums it's normal for members to quote some sentences and start a new thread when it's derailing.
But AF is not like every place on the internet and I get that (still the best place on the internet though)
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
