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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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lurchermummy · 05/06/2022 12:20

Totally agree I find it very confusing and it's kind of lazy too

DFOD · 05/06/2022 12:17

Greenybluetowel · 05/06/2022 11:56

Now I've used it, I quite like it tbh

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

Hawkins001 · 05/06/2022 12:12

Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 12:00

@Hawkins001

but to get to the point where you’re reading 20 posts together you’ll have read the other 19 the post before and not need the context

True but if I'm joined a thread that's already running at e.g. 600 comments, these blocks in theory can help Me to catchup.

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.

JustTheOneSwan · 05/06/2022 12:04

It could be clickable to expand if you want context. 1000 replies like this will be crazy.

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 12:00

@Hawkins001

but to get to the point where you’re reading 20 posts together you’ll have read the other 19 the post before and not need the context

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Hawkins001 · 05/06/2022 11:59

On the flip side it give the full.context of the particular focus.

Greenybluetowel · 05/06/2022 11:56

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 10:26

You're right Giraffes, it's fucking infuriating.

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Now I've used it, I quite like it tbh

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 10:26

Greenybluetowel · 05/06/2022 09:23

I'm just testing the function as I've not used it yet.

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You're right Giraffes, it's fucking infuriating.

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 10:17

cottagegardenflower · 05/06/2022 10:11

Yes, pull the dots to left. Haha

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Found it! Mwahahahaa

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cottagegardenflower · 05/06/2022 10:11

Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 09:14

I haven’t even seen a new quote function? Is that on the app?

Yes, pull the dots to left. Haha

cottagegardenflower · 05/06/2022 10:10

Particularly the OP who feels the need to reply to every post and quotes the reply in full.

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 09:44

@Spohn

😃

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Spohn · 05/06/2022 09:39

It just makes me scroll past and click away from the thread entirely, it's a visual sign that there's a lot of idiots clogging up the thread and therefore not worth reading.

And yes, people quoting the entire OP just to gormlessly type one sentence. Why?
Wall of text quote followed by 'handhold'/'ask your boss'. Get off the internet!

NippyWoowoo · 05/06/2022 09:25

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.

I quite like it (apart from instances the OP describes) as I find highlighting just the reply really difficult, plus many times making it bold isn't simple depending on the formatting etc. also on the mobile site bested comments are easy to ready, not sure how it looks on a computer.

But the app is easiest for me to read and make sense of due to the size of text and the layout, but the besting function doesn't work on it so I'm missing out on key details sometimes and it's frustrating

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 09:24

But what drives me to incandescent fury are the posters who quote the opening post in its entirety

yes. YES. WHY?!?!?

can people who use the quote function see how annoying it looks to scroll through the blocks of text or not?

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Greenybluetowel · 05/06/2022 09:23

JustTheOneSwan · 05/06/2022 09:16

It may be because the bold formatting is still iffy in some cases also mnet didn't have to tile this big it could be loads better.

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I'm just testing the function as I've not used it yet.

NippyWoowoo · 05/06/2022 09:22

Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 09:14

I haven’t even seen a new quote function? Is that on the app?

No, I started a thread about it on site issues as it doesn't work on the app and so I can't see what people are replying to if there is more than one quoted post, it's like putting pieces of a puzzle together

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.

NippyWoowoo · 05/06/2022 09:19

Ok but just tagging is also incredibly annoying when you need context. There's nothing worse than an AMA where the OP doesn't use the quote function and you have to scroll back and forth to see what question they're answering. I just give up and read something else.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 05/06/2022 09:16

quite agree

JustTheOneSwan · 05/06/2022 09:16

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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It may be because the bold formatting is still iffy in some cases also mnet didn't have to tile this big it could be loads better.

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 09:14

I haven’t even seen a new quote function? Is that on the app?

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 09:13

@IglesiasPiggl

that is exactly what drove me to make this thread 😃

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WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 09:01

Much preferred when people would highlight in bold text the quote to which they were referring to. same but I totally get that the quote function is far more accessible and I'm all for accessability.