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Disable quote function for Opening Post please

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MissKeithsNeice · 17/12/2021 14:20

Its so irritating when people use the quote function to quote the opening post. If this is an easy thing to change, it should be changed. Its just too nonsensical and annoying.

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ThinWomansBrain · 22/12/2021 10:40

to be alerted when you are quoted, like you are when you are tagged

Or to let you select whether ypu want to be alerted when quoted Xmas Smile

ThinWomansBrain · 22/12/2021 10:36

It's irritating, esp when it's the first post.
If it's later on in the thread - I take it as shorthand for "I can't be arsed to RTFH"

while we're at it, restrict the OP to a certain length - 1,000 characters maybe (and 500 characters per paragraph) Xmas Grin

HumourReplacementTherapy · 20/12/2021 21:39

I was just thinking this after reading a thread with a long opening post and about 8 people had quoted it!
Why?!?!?

It's in the same league as people who post absolute shite on FB along the lines of 'a new law comes into force TODAY!!! There could be a lawsuit against you! copy and paste if you agree , FB I do not give you permission to use my photos' 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

DropYourSword · 20/12/2021 21:29

Sounds like a happy medium would be to truncate longer posts when quoted.

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JoMumsnet · 20/12/2021 16:38

Thanks for suggesting this, @MissKeithsNeice.

Looking at the responses here, it's pretty divided! Probably not enough of a swing to get our Tech team on the case but we do hear where you're coming from. (And yes, it can be annoying if an OP is HUGE).

DropYourSword · 20/12/2021 11:22

@MissKeithsNeice

Its so stupid. It brings us all down by association.
Eh?? Down? Down where??!
horizontilting · 20/12/2021 11:19

Thalia, I do like your name. Time for an annual Christmas reread of Runaway Home.

percythewitch · 20/12/2021 11:17

@thatsallineed

Interesting. I had never thought about doing that, but I agree that I would probably forget to clear the quote!

thatsallineed · 19/12/2021 22:45

I sometimes want to quote part of the OP in bold by using the and thing, but if it is a long thread you have to keep going back and re-reading it. Much easier to use the 'quote' button, and it is then right there above yours so you can read it easily. Trouble is, you sometimes then forget to press 'clear quote' before you press 'post message'.

TooBigForMyBoots · 18/12/2021 18:46

I agree OP. Why do people do that?Xmas Confused

I'd like to partially quite too.

@oviraptor21 I use the old fashioned MN way to quote partial posts.Xmas Grin

MarieMaitland · 18/12/2021 18:39

@MissKeithsNeice

Its so stupid. It brings us all down by association.
Is that even a "thing"?
Offmyfence · 17/12/2021 20:00

@CampagVelocet

It's really annoying, especially when the opening post is several paragraphs long. Massive PITA.
MASSIVE!!!
Sparklingbrook · 17/12/2021 19:26

@MissKeithsNeice

Its so irritating when people use the quote function to quote the opening post. If this is an easy thing to change, it should be changed. Its just too nonsensical and annoying.
I too am not troubled by it at all. Grin
CampagVelocet · 17/12/2021 19:25

It's really annoying, especially when the opening post is several paragraphs long. Massive PITA.

NovemberNovemberDarkNights · 17/12/2021 19:24

I totally agree with your OP!
It's bloody annoying and is generally followed by a pointless comment anyway!!

Offmyfence · 17/12/2021 19:21

@MissKeithsNeice

Its so stupid. It brings us all down by association.
WTF?
oviraptor21 · 17/12/2021 15:14

I'd like to partially quite too.
I'd also like to quote a reply to a quote.

AuntieStella · 17/12/2021 15:12

@MissKeithsNeice

Its so stupid. It brings us all down by association.
It is not stupid.

But even if it were, it would not bring anyone 'down' by association.

Though there are always done who find speech habits, grammar, syntax, spelling, or any other technical or formatting aspects of a post to be unbearable if different from their views on acceptable.

Now, I like it that MN champions standard English and that there is an expectation that all who can will use it. That makes the content maximally available to those with dyslexia, these using assistive technology and those whom English is not a first language (because slang and excessive txt spk and even emoticons can make it much harder).

But when to insert quotations isn't going to cause that sort of issue

Original poster
MissKeithsNeice · 17/12/2021 15:04

Its so stupid. It brings us all down by association.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 17/12/2021 14:59

I think it's really useful, especially if the thread has wandered and you want to add something that goes back to the original point

You wrote "to go back to OP's OP..." or do what I just did. And then type your answer.

Quoting several paragraphs of nonsense 50 times on a thread is daft.

I'm with you OP

dotparker · 17/12/2021 14:55

@MissKeithsNeice

Its so irritating when people use the quote function to quote the opening post. If this is an easy thing to change, it should be changed. Its just too nonsensical and annoying.
Doesn't bother me either 😂
FlibbertyGiblets · 17/12/2021 14:51

@MissKeithsNeice

How did I not see how this thread would go Grin
Bless you! Hehe.
Original poster
MissKeithsNeice · 17/12/2021 14:48

How did I not see how this thread would go Grin

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DameAlyson · 17/12/2021 14:43

I think it's really useful, especially if the thread has wandered and you want to add something that goes back to the original point

Then just quote the specific point you're replying to, not the whole thing.

Clymene · 17/12/2021 14:42

I think it's a good think. Particularly as quite a few posters seem to read the first line and make up the rest of the post when replying.