*emphasis* ^quote^ --EMPHASIS *quote*--

[cumfy]

I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.
Dorothy L Sayers

Why's everyone bolding quotes recently ?

Yeah, I've wondered that too cumfy. I keep my bolding for names and, well, emphasis. :)

Just to annoy you.

Same reason everyone keeps using rather than ::::: except that's just to annoy me.

You are correct, cumfy.
Tee I have never understood the :: :: thing - much more effort than !

I thought :: :: was exclusively for head tilts?

For clarity?

I thought one was supposed to make quotes from other posters bold, so that they notice them, I suppose. It's a MN etiquette, isn't it? Or are you talking about other kinds of quotes?

I bold quotes to make it obvious it's a quote and not part of my own post.

Some threads move very quickly and by the time you've replied to the last post half a dozen other posts have appeared making your own post look disjointed.

How is :::: more effort than ???? Or even ? Two whole keystrokes more?!?!

Anyway, it's for any actions, Empress, not just head tilts.

::tilts head at Empress and pats her on the back::

Like that.

::tickles Tee under the chin::

Like that?

::tugs Empress' ear::

Exactly!

::runs back to Puddle for supplies::

PILLOWFIGHT!!!!!!

This will end in tears

I bold quotes to make it obvious it's a quote and not part of my own post.

This ^^

Ah, but,

I bold quotes to make it obvious it's a quote and not part of my own post.

is soooo much better.
It just is.

On some forums :this: makes it an emoticon
I have never seen it used in the same way as which is for actions

Ah, you see, GreatCongas are coding brackets. That's why I don't use them. On some sites, it adds code to your post. Not on MN, because they don't use HTML for emoticons or formatting, but lots and lots do.