In reply to Julie @Niackery.

Back in 2008, when Press This was introduced, inserting a link and excerpt on your blog *was* sharing on social media. Twitter didn't display anything but a tinyurl link, and IIRC Facebook either hadn't implemented link previews yet or they were new.

The simplest use case for Press This (in its present form) is to click on it without selecting anything, in which case you get a pre-filled post title and link to the source.

The next simplest use case for Press This is to highlight some text and click it, in which case you also get an excerpt -- at which point you've got either a complete linkblog post, or the beginnings of a response/commentary piece.

Sure, you *can* copy an entire article with it, but it's far from the only or even easiest use for the tool. The fact that the proposed improvements include putting the highlighted text into a blockquote and "if nothing is highlighted, it makes a good guess as to what should be quoted," the intent seems clear.