[Redstreblo]

I have noticed a lot of people posting a reply to a topic and inserting 1pt text after their main reply. The only way that I know of to read this text is to copy paste it into a text editing program and increase its size there. This slows down the speed that I can read the post significantly and it is getting on my nerves. I know that I don't have to read it, but I do because I don't want to miss out on what they say (By reading the small text in a post I learned somebody was working on a campaign that might have interfered with Vasudan Imperium, for example).

What I would like to know is why make it this small? _{Subscript works just fine and can be read easily.} Why post something and give people a hard time? Why not say what you wanna say or just not say it at all? In the middle of a conversation would you suddenly start to whisper so that people can not hear what you said?

Who else is fed up with this? Am I the only one who thinks this is very childish?

[IronBeer]

I tend not to see many forumites do it, and it's usually put in as a footnote or something along those lines, so I don't think it's so bad.

[General Battuta]

Who else is fed up with this? Am I the only one who thinks this is very childish?

Yes.

Can't believe I'm explaining this, but: it's used as a way to explain a joke or point out sarcasm without instantly giving it away. You can simply hit 'quote' on the post to read it. When trolling or playing a prank, it's a good way to make it clear that you don't really mean it.

Get used to it, get to love it.

inB4 op raeg

[Qent]

Last I checked, you couldn't quote in a locked thread.

I mean we can't. You can cause you're a mod.

[General Battuta]

Last I checked, you couldn't quote in a locked thread.

Well that's a special case! And what you can do is just highlight it and paste it into your browser's address bar.

Oh and for RedStreblo:

(By reading the small text in a post I learned somebody was working on a campaign that might have interfered with Vasudan Imperium, for example)

User-made campaigns don't need to be canon to each other, so that doesn't matter. Just keep on rollin'.

[Droid803]

Derp. Seriously? Out of all things to complain about? Small text?

OMG Copying and Pasting into the address bar or quick reply area is SO ****ING HARD.

[Redstreblo]

OMG Copying and Pasting into the address bar or quick reply area is SO ****ING HARD.

Yes, yes it is.

[Scourge of Ages]

When I thought that the only way to read it was to paste it into a text editor, increase the size, and change the color, yeah I would have said it was way too inconvenient.
But they I learned to just paste it into the address bar like everyone suggests. As long as you don't hit 'enter' you should be fine, and now I enjoy it!
nyuk nyuk nyuk

[Redstreblo]

Yea I never actually thought about using the address bar or the quick reply (which I just turned on in the options), but now I can try it out to see if this improves anything.

I still have to stop what I am doing to read small text however, so I doubt that this time saver will change my opinion.

[Shivan Hunter]

If you're using Firefox you can set a minimum font size for web pages. I'm pretty sure most other browsers do, or have a plugin/extension to do, the same thing. No c&p or griping necessary.

[Mobius]

Derp. Seriously? Out of all things to complain about? Small text?

It's the idiotic use of small text to be a problem. I believe Redstreblo has a point.

[Snail]

I don't really care

[Scotty]

Then GTFO.

I've never had much of a problem with it, since highlighting stuff makes it show up in my google search bar (on IE).

[General Battuta]

Derp. Seriously? Out of all things to complain about? Small text?

It's the idiotic use of small text to be a problem. I believe Redstreblo has a point.

Well if you can find any idiotic uses let me know. In the meantime I think we're doing fine.

[Snail]

Then GTFO.

was expecting this response

[Nuclear1]

I HATE THIS ENTIRE THREAD

lol see the use of small text to explain that i r not flamoring

[The E]

redstreblo, I'm sorry to say this, but the small text thing, while maybe annoying, is part of the posting culture here. Get used to it, or ignore it, but complaining about it will only lead to sarcasm.

[blowfish]

Yay for minimum font size

[NGTM-1R]

I graciously translated my Japanese for you and this is the thanks I get?

[Sushi]

I like it. As E pointed out, it's part of the culture here, and allows for more fun types of communication.