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to find the Mumsnet quote function incredibly tedious as it's so overused?

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LindorDoubleChoc · 11/02/2026 09:13

And I'm not even talking about quoting the opening post (which has now been sorted in a way).

But ... just so much quoting going on in the discussion! Why can't people address their comments directly to whoever they're quoting. Or manually quote the particular sentence or point they want to agree or disagree with? Or say something like "PP said [short quote or summary] and I think ...".

The threads are so long now and involve so much scrolling.

I was just looking at a thread and quite early on someone made a controversial post of 4 paragraphs long. Within the next page and a half it had been quoted 22 times! 22 times in an hour and a half. It was quoted 7 times in the first 10 minutes.

So boring.

And you can't quote this to be funny in reply because it's the OP. Lol!

OP posts:
Coffeeishot · 11/02/2026 09:30

LindorDoubleChoc · 11/02/2026 09:13

And I'm not even talking about quoting the opening post (which has now been sorted in a way).

But ... just so much quoting going on in the discussion! Why can't people address their comments directly to whoever they're quoting. Or manually quote the particular sentence or point they want to agree or disagree with? Or say something like "PP said [short quote or summary] and I think ...".

The threads are so long now and involve so much scrolling.

I was just looking at a thread and quite early on someone made a controversial post of 4 paragraphs long. Within the next page and a half it had been quoted 22 times! 22 times in an hour and a half. It was quoted 7 times in the first 10 minutes.

So boring.

And you can't quote this to be funny in reply because it's the OP. Lol!

K !

FrozenFebruary · 11/02/2026 09:29

@KimberleyClark I agree!

FrozenFebruary · 11/02/2026 09:28

Auroraloves · 11/02/2026 09:24

I like being able to see what the comments are responding to. So I like it.

Agreed!

FrozenFebruary · 11/02/2026 09:28

HisNotHes · 11/02/2026 09:27

Yabu. Apart from quoting the op, I like to see the quote so I know what a person is responding to, I don’t have time to scroll back and look for it.

exactly!

FrozenFebruary · 11/02/2026 09:27

Disagree. It's the easiest way to see what they're replying to. You only need to read the quoted post if you're unsure, you don't need to read it everytime. Just replying @the poster is annoying if you didn't take note of what they said.

HisNotHes · 11/02/2026 09:27

Yabu. Apart from quoting the op, I like to see the quote so I know what a person is responding to, I don’t have time to scroll back and look for it.

Auroraloves · 11/02/2026 09:24

I like being able to see what the comments are responding to. So I like it.

FlowerFairyDaisy · 11/02/2026 09:23

I agree with you; it's not necessary. I usually just copy and paste the excerpt that I am referring to and tag the poster.

KimberleyClark · 11/02/2026 09:23

I hind it far more annoying when someone just tags the poster they are replying to rather than quoting and says I agree so you don’t know what they are agreeing with.

5128gap · 11/02/2026 09:23

Duplicate post

5128gap · 11/02/2026 09:22

If you're re reading quoted posts every time they're quoted I expect it does get boring. Why not just read the response to the quoted post?

Coffeetimes3 · 11/02/2026 09:22

I think the problem is, its the quickest and easiest way to respond to a specific poster. You're not having to copy and paste a username to @ them or copy and paste specific bits, both of which is fiddly on a phone. Quoting the whole post is one button.

JumpingPumpkin · 11/02/2026 09:19

Agree it's annoying. It could just quote the name and the first line so you can track back to exactly what's being replied to if it's not obvious.

Mull · 11/02/2026 09:15

I like the OP quoting various posters in their replies as I often only read the OP’s posts on a thread.