I know I 'm a newbie and you can slap me now

but I find it easier to participate in forums where the reply goes directly below the post it's replying to, so you don't need to quote. I find it a little tough to navigate through pages and pages of quoted stuff.
Is it a lot harder/more expensive to set it up that way? I like to read the Globe and Mail and I find the comments section much more interesting and easier to read since they set it up that way. Just wondering. I like this forum and the people on it.