[Fyron]

It's because the quote UBB code makes for gigantic, ultra-tacky formatting. It adds some 9 or 10 "lines" of space for a single-line quote. Just look how huge your post 3 down/up is with the quote box. It's so much easier to read when the quote boxes aren't used. :-\ The bolding is because it is really easy to just delete the quote part of the tags added when you click the "quote" link on a post.