[the OlLine Rebel]

Let me try:

..Because it’s easier than copying the whole thing? And taking up screen space on the FR thread?

Lots of people excerpt because it’s too long.

[humblegunner]

..Because it’s easier than copying the whole thing?

Fail.

Copying is a mouse-over operation. Three words are as easy as three hundred.

And taking up screen space on the FR thread?

Total bull. Clicking over to a lame blog and seeing the
content eats up the same screen space as posting it here.

Lots of people excerpt because it’s too long.

And some do it because they are scabby blog pimps.