Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get an email-style line on the left side. ![enter image description here][1] On MSU, where we regularly include e.g. screenshots of the regular site into posts, it's different: > like this Unfortunately, it's not nearly as useful when including *partial screenshots of a web page*, this the background color becomes a not nearly as visible border around the image. Compare the following screenshots taken from a slightly modified version of [this post by slhck](http://meta.superuser.com/a/3520/22317). --- ## Block quote MSU ![enter image description here][2] --- ## Block quote SU ![enter image description here][3] --- ## Request The border on the left side works much better to separate the images from the text of the post. Please chance the MSU `blockquote` style to the one used on SU (maybe with less/no saturation in the border color, but a similar overall style). [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/DTBD1.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/H9xmD.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/5Z9q6.png