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Copying and pasting replies/previous replies

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 08:43

Please stop doing this for the love of god it clogs up the whole thread and then the thread ends up being a fight between two people that requires endless scrolling. Surely just tag the person or copy their last comment; not the whole 20 post discourse?!?! Giving me the rage

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Pixiedust1234 · 05/06/2022 14:28

TottersBlankly · 05/06/2022 12:49

I prefer to quote so other people know what you’re replying to.

This ^ is sufficient.

Quoted only for the content rather than the poster. I am perfectly happy to do above instead of whole quote but have no idea how to do it on a tablet/chrome using a stylus. Any tips or hints from anyone?

WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 14:01

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 14:00

Approaching peak quote-nonsense

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Sorry cross posted

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 14:00

HereIAmBrainTheSizeOfAPlanet · 05/06/2022 13:57

I really want to see what the limit is

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Approaching peak quote-nonsense

WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 14:00

HereIAmBrainTheSizeOfAPlanet · 05/06/2022 13:57

I really want to see what the limit is

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Ah it stops at single words

HereIAmBrainTheSizeOfAPlanet · 05/06/2022 13:57

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:48

This is 15 now and the text is going off the screen ….

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I really want to see what the limit is

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:48

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:46

I wonder if it has a max no of quotes?

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This is 15 now and the text is going off the screen ….

JuneJubilee · 05/06/2022 13:47

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:46

I wonder if it has a max no of quotes?

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Pretty much at single words already

JuneJubilee · 05/06/2022 13:46

PurpleDaisies · 05/06/2022 08:48

yep.

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This is why many of us were against the quote function.

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:46

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:44

Let’s find out shall we….

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I wonder if it has a max no of quotes?

DFOD · 05/06/2022 13:44

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 12:32

But how many re-quotes until the first post is vertical line of single letters?

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Let’s find out shall we….

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 13:31

@KangarooKenny

can’t you see how unbelievably annoying the quote is as the reply gets longer and longer

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KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 13:18

JustTheOneSwan · 05/06/2022 12:36

I hadn't noticed that.
Now you've mentioned it there's only one thing for it...

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It helps when PP remember not to use the quote function on an already-quoted post. But some PP are thick & annoying ...

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 13:03

I hadn’t realised there was another thread but given the carnage of the loo thread by the end I think it bears repeating.

the @ function tagging someone from pages ago might be annoying but it’s to tag a specific poster to engage in discussion. I agree it’s nicer to copy and paste the exact thing you’re responding to, but just tagging is better than scrolling through the quotes

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ClinkeyMonkey · 05/06/2022 12:53

PriamFarrl · 05/06/2022 12:10

See I hate it when you get a post like:

@Hawkins001 i quite agree.

I’m not scrolling back through an entire thread to see what people are agreeing with. Bloody quote or copy and paste the relevant bit if you want.

This🤣🤣

KangarooKenny · 05/06/2022 12:52

TottersBlankly · 05/06/2022 12:49

I prefer to quote so other people know what you’re replying to.

This ^ is sufficient.

But it’s not what I want to do.

Summerwheredidyougo · 05/06/2022 12:50

FlibbertyGiblets · 05/06/2022 08:55

Oh yes you are right, I hadn't spotted the annoyance factor, shall not stop doing it.

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Ah yes, really annoys me when people do that.

TottersBlankly · 05/06/2022 12:49

I prefer to quote so other people know what you’re replying to.

This ^ is sufficient.

JustTheOneSwan · 05/06/2022 12:36

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 12:32

But how many re-quotes until the first post is vertical line of single letters?

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I hadn't noticed that.
Now you've mentioned it there's only one thing for it...

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 12:32

WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 12:28

The first post is just getting thinner

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But how many re-quotes until the first post is vertical line of single letters?

Rogue1001MNer · 05/06/2022 12:30

TottersBlankly · 05/06/2022 09:20

I concur - the nesting function makes the site almost unusable. Why any poster would think it aids discussion is beyond me.

But what drives me to incandescent fury are the posters who quote the opening post in its entirety. Angry Genuinely, such people should be banned from the Internet.

Particularly if they're only putting something completely inane, such as "good luck OP" or similar.

There's already been a thread about this, though

WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 12:28

DFOD · 05/06/2022 12:17

Just had to do this to see how it evolves - it’s quite graphic isn’t it?!?

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The first post is just getting thinner

KangarooKenny · 05/06/2022 12:27

Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 08:43

Please stop doing this for the love of god it clogs up the whole thread and then the thread ends up being a fight between two people that requires endless scrolling. Surely just tag the person or copy their last comment; not the whole 20 post discourse?!?! Giving me the rage

I prefer to quote so other people know what you’re replying to.

DanielRicciardosSmile · 05/06/2022 12:25

Just to add, because I've forgotten what they said in the intervening 11 pages, or more likely didn't look at PP's names at the time so don't know what they said in the first place, not because I haven't RTFT.

DanielRicciardosSmile · 05/06/2022 12:22

I have to admit I much prefer the quotes (yes, even the nested ones) to the posters who @ a PP from 12 pages ago and respond, meaning I'm stuck either not knowing what they're responding to, or going back through an entire thread looking for that poster's comment.