<Snipped quote by Etcetera> I'd rather not, in turn - it often just means that I have more things I have to specifically click open to see. Scrolling is an action much easier done than clicking. Found them [collapsing quotes] annoying more often than not on other sites that use them...

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I've actually found the opposite. Generally, you only need a sentence or two for context, and you can expand if you need more.

It's not much of a hassle to simply click the left mouse button as you scroll.

, [@quote] & [@Mention] or somesuch.

well, having it separated further would make it look less like a two-function button (which is kinda the goal)...

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As I said, I regard it as superfluous.

What you or even we might regard it as is kinda irrelevant. The example above from @Whizzball1 shows why a non-mention quote would be beneficial.

<Snipped quote by Ellri>

I disagree; as we are all users ourselves, we understand functionality and ease of use. However, catering to every situation leads to a cluttered mess. What is necessary is either customizability, or a solution to cater to most situations.

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Your suggestion is what?

@Ellri
Not at all. The pure purpose of an Advanced Settings page is to customize your experience.

There's an idea. Have the buttons be [[@][Quote]] [@Mention]. If you get what I mean, no padding between the [@] and [quote] so they appear to be two parts to a single button, making the [@] a mentionable quote.

It'd be no smaller than the rating buttons, so it's not exactly hard to hit. It preserves space. And being directly adjacent to the quote button, it makes it clear what it does.

EDIT: Mockup, because I could: