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First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out

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JustineMumsnet · 26/05/2020 17:19

Hi all,
We've released a new quote feature (finally you might say). I've attached some screenshots to show you where it's housed on site. Please give it a go so we can check it's working ok for all and across devices. We've taken the decision not to include threading for now - both because it would have been a lot more dev time and because it can affect the flow of conversations but this is something we can revisit in time if folks prefer. Please do let us know what you think/ further improvements etc. Big thanks.

First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out
First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out
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BoreOfWhabylon · 27/05/2020 14:42

It may be frustrating for you Francis but I witnessed the outright spamming and trolling of MN by members of that site.

If @MNHQ have taken measures to reduce this I for one am very pleased about that.

FrancisCrawford · 27/05/2020 14:05

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Lordfrontpaw · 27/05/2020 14:02

@HopeYouStepOnALego

Please explain why/how my post broke Talk Guidelines

Grin Because you dared mention the name of the "other" site that MNHQ won't have mentioned on this forum. Surprised you managed to post it actually because usually it gets picked up and hidden before it even gets posted.

Fascinating...
FrancisCrawford · 27/05/2020 14:02

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HopeYouStepOnALego · 27/05/2020 13:47

Please explain why/how my post broke Talk Guidelines

Grin Because you dared mention the name of the "other" site that MNHQ won't have mentioned on this forum. Surprised you managed to post it actually because usually it gets picked up and hidden before it even gets posted.

Ajollygoodwrap · 27/05/2020 12:03

Oh that's a good one, highlighted (like the OP's highlighted post) maybe in a light grey colour or something.

BIWI · 27/05/2020 12:00

One thing - could you make it a slightly different colour? I keep thinking you've deleted a whole load of posts!

Springcatkin · 27/05/2020 11:51

@Tech

Hi MrsWooster, it should in theory be restricted to single-level quotes. We'll check what's going on there as it seems someone has quoted a message with a quote.
Ah good it works Grin
B1rdbra1n · 27/05/2020 11:45

I am very pleased to see this feature😊
but we also need to be able to edit the quote!

JaneJeffer · 27/05/2020 10:15

This is what they look like in the app. Headache inducing if you're just scrolling through a thread with loads of them.

First crack at a new quote feature - please check it out
JaneJeffer · 27/05/2020 10:11

I haven't RTFT but why do the quotation marks have to be so ginormous?

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 27/05/2020 08:30

It was just hidden until we could take a look at it, BIWI, don't worry, you did nothing wrong. We get bits and bobs flagged up automatically.
Glad the feature will be useful for Bootcamp (which we could certainly do with at the moment because eating shortbread for breakfast is less than ideal. )

BIWI · 27/05/2020 08:14

@BIWI

This post has been hidden until the MNHQ team can have a look at it.
Please explain why/how my post broke Talk Guidelines @MNHQ
BIWI · 27/05/2020 08:12

This is great. For me, it makes running Bootcamp so much easier to respond to posters' questions.

However, like other PP, I'd really like to be able to quote specific lines or paragraphs, so if that could be introduced it would be even better.

But please - no threading or like buttons!

If posters like @HopeYouStepOnALego prefer a particular style, why don't they go back to Mums.chat?

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 27/05/2020 08:09

I've been thinking about this, as well as quoting an excerpt of a post, to be useful we also need to be able to use multiple quotes (from one or more posts) in our own post. And, obviously be able to type where we want around the post.

00100001 · 27/05/2020 07:52

@Dead2me
Press the three little dots in the post, it's in there.

BUT you can only quote when there's no quote in the post

NotTerfNorCis · 26/05/2020 23:42

@Dead2me

Not seeing this option in mobile
Testing!
Binglebong · 26/05/2020 23:31

@JustineMumsnet

Hi all, We've released a new quote feature (finally you might say). I've attached some screenshots to show you where it's housed on site. Please give it a go so we can check it's working ok for all and across devices. We've taken the decision not to include threading for now - both because it would have been a lot more dev time and because it can affect the flow of conversations but this is something we can revisit in time if folks prefer. Please do let us know what you think/ further improvements etc. Big thanks.
Testy testy test.
MNHQ
JustineMumsnet · 26/05/2020 23:17

@Qwerty543

Still no response on whether this is just for premium subscribers or not. Bit poor MNHQ.
No 'quote' is unequivocally for everyone. We're planning on soon releasing a feature allowing filtering posts by OP and username. OP will be for all, username for Premium members only. thanks for the question.
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poshredrose · 26/05/2020 23:02

@JustineMumsnet

Hi all, We've released a new quote feature (finally you might say). I've attached some screenshots to show you where it's housed on site. Please give it a go so we can check it's working ok for all and across devices. We've taken the decision not to include threading for now - both because it would have been a lot more dev time and because it can affect the flow of conversations but this is something we can revisit in time if folks prefer. Please do let us know what you think/ further improvements etc. Big thanks.
Fancy
Veronicat · 26/05/2020 22:39

@yoloPenguinsEatfish

I'm a bit baffled too, like Veronicat said - c&p seems to be easier under these circs? Other sites I use you can edit, not to change meaning but to quote the relevant bits you want to reply to.
If only there was a like button 😂👍
JellyfishandShells · 26/05/2020 22:32

@Dead2me

Not seeing this option in mobile
Testing
Bluntness100 · 26/05/2020 22:24

@JustineMumsnet

Hi all, We've released a new quote feature (finally you might say). I've attached some screenshots to show you where it's housed on site. Please give it a go so we can check it's working ok for all and across devices. We've taken the decision not to include threading for now - both because it would have been a lot more dev time and because it can affect the flow of conversations but this is something we can revisit in time if folks prefer. Please do let us know what you think/ further improvements etc. Big thanks.
Works here too...I’m on iPad.
AfterSchoolWorry · 26/05/2020 22:22

@00100001

Oh, I see, yes.

having it only appear on posts without a quote in it makes it look broken... :/

Great 👍
yoloPenguinsEatfish · 26/05/2020 22:19

I'm a bit baffled too, like Veronicat said - c&p seems to be easier under these circs? Other sites I use you can edit, not to change meaning but to quote the relevant bits you want to reply to.