Forum post quoting trend...?

[Andacami]

What's the story with the habit of quoting the previous post in ones reply? Is it new, have I missed a trick?

Plenty of posters for example add post #1 as a quote into their reply post #2, and then go on to respond in post #2 to post #1 and so on...!

On occasions, they then post #3 after they quoted #1 in their #2 with a reply, is something broken?

I can see the value in quoting when a thread drifts and someone needs to regain context to the OP but otherwise find it odd. Is it a technical thing, forum etiquette, or...?

(Waits expectantly for someone to immediately quote this post in their reply...)

 

[GJH]

Nothing new about it, it's been a feature for years. It helps with context when one has not been signed on for some time and is replying to a specific item which is several posts higher up the thread (unlike this reply which comes immediately after your post so does not need to quote it ).

 

[DavidG58]

unlike this reply which comes immediately after your post so does not need to quote it

But on fast moving threads, by the time you hit ‘post reply’ it may well be several posts down and lose context

Edit

Although this did also appear immediately after so maybe didn’t need the quote

 

[bigtwin]

Essential in my book, otherwise you get folks misconstruing someone’s response when it was intended for someone else. It would be chaotic otherwise, particularly given the extent of thread drift that occurs!

Ian

PS I resisted quoting your post!

 

[Andacami]

Yes I know as per my paragraph 4 above. However I have just hit the "Reply" button and it automatically quoted your response!

That I guess explains it.

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[Andacami]

Yes I know as per my paragraph 4 above. However I have just hit the "Reply" button and it automatically quoted your response!

That I guess explains it.

See...

 

[Andacami]

So the reply button works like the quote button at the moment, problem solved, was doing my head trying to figure it out

Jim Any chance of making the reply button reply as opposed to quote?

 

[bigtwin]

Problem solved, was doing my head trying to figure it out

User error is the cause of most ‘technical’ issues.

Ian

 

[kevenh]

Without quoting all or part of what your reply is responding to you can find you’re comment is out of sequence and not making sense.
The look of the post box has changed.
+Quote has always been there.
But Reply is the new version of what was Quote

 

[Andacami]

Agree 100%.

It's the behaviour of the reply button that is the culprit.

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[Two on Tour]

Not understanding it more like.

 

[kevenh]

Agree 100%.

It's the behaviour of the reply button that is the culprit.

You (Andacami )have only recently started to use “Reply” to add a post though.
Clicking on the word bottom right in a post has always done what you are finding.
It’s just now called “Reply” rather than “Quote”

 

[Bailey58]

+quote is the means to include multiple posts in your reply as gus-lopez often does where he replies to many posts in his response.

 

[Gaston aires]

Quoting quotes makes for a much better quote than just quoting. And you can quote me on that.
Phil upmetank

 

[Bailey58]

Quoting quotes makes for a much better quote than just quoting. And you can quote me on that.
Phil upmetank

Can I quote you on that?
Edit: Oh reading that again I see you said we could!

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[Jim]

It's the behaviour of the reply button that is the culprit

Its not a culprit, its just doing its job .

If you want to reply to a specific post hit reply. If you want to just add your tuppence, scroll to the bottom of the thread and add it.

IMO it's not the reply that confuses, its +quote, it used to say Multi-Quote but it breaks on small screens.

 

[L' Hobo]

Not being Computer tech minded, what I miss is the 'How to use the forum' (or something like that) from the blue banner.

I still haven't figured out how to transfer an article from a Newspaper, into my post without taking a photograph of it and transferring that?

Ignore that, I've just found where it's hiding, oh no I didn't, I thought it was under the Hamburger, but but Jim has shown me the way!

 

[Jim]

what I miss is the 'How to use the forum' (or something like that) from the blue banner.

Bottom of every page on the site. Click that and the tutorials you need are there

 

[L' Hobo]

Thanks Jim I've never sunk that low before!

Edit: There's a whole new world I never knew existed, I might be away some time!

 

[Andacami]

Ah... Thanks Jim - got it with regards to the "quote" and "reply" functions and smaller screens

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[GJH]

But on fast moving threads, by the time you hit ‘post reply’ it may well be several posts down and lose context

Edit

Although this did also appear immediately after so maybe didn’t need the quote

I agree, but when I posted the thread was not fast moving and I think I was the only person viewing it so thought it was pretty safe

 

[Wonders]

User error is the cause of most ‘technical’ issues.

Ian

It is with me

 

[Wonders]

It is with me

See missed my

 

[Lenny HB]

Agree 100%.

It's the behaviour of the reply button that is the culprit.

No it behaves correctly, you are replying to that post or part of it.

Being able to quote the post is often essential otherwise if the thread has moved on a few posts no one will have a clue what your post means.

 

[bigtwin]

See missed my

I see that you missed my

Ian

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[Andacami]

Being able to quote the post is often essential otherwise if the thread has moved on a few posts no one will have a clue what your post means.

Yep, as per paragraph 4 in my post #1

 

[Janine]

Yes I know as per my paragraph 4 above. However I have just hit the "Reply" button and it automatically quoted your response!

That I guess explains it.

I have never noticed that before!

Saves having to do the +quote thing