I have to agree with Tokenadult’s presentation. Too many sites have been ruined by an excess of features, and, next to signature, images, and animated smilies, excessive quotations is one the biggest culprits. The easy quoting tool adds the dangers of multiple quotations boxes embedded in quoted posts … an absolutely ugly feature.
While there is always room for improvement, keeping the site as clean, uncluttered, and fast-loading as possible should remain the paramount objective.