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Well, "modern" technology does this too; Markdown quoting on many sites works exactly like that - the only difference is that mailing lists prefer not prettifying messages. This email would look like this if copied directly to Reddit (and GitHub):

https://i.imgur.com/eXODVHb.png

(which also reminds me of how Tumblr's reblogs look: https://i.imgur.com/e6UR8bn.png)



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