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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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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.

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

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 ….

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

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

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 14:01

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 14:00

Approaching peak quote-nonsense

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Sorry cross posted

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?

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 14:28

I hate you guys

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TottersBlankly · 05/06/2022 14:47

no idea how to do it on a tablet/chrome using a stylus. Any tips or hints from anyone?

Sorry - wish I could help. I’m so accustomed to my own set up - mobile site on iphone - that it seems extraordinary to me that other people access MN differently! (I don’t even know how the re-platforming looks on the app as I never use it.)

DFOD · 05/06/2022 14:48

Literal screen shot from my phone

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WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 14:54

DFOD · 05/06/2022 14:48

Literal screen shot from my phone

Ah my phones a bit wider.. needs one more quote to do it I think.

Pixiedust1234 · 05/06/2022 14:56

DFOD · 05/06/2022 14:48

Literal screen shot from my phone

Oh wow. Now I understand (as it doesn't look like that on mine) Shock

chunkymandarincoulis · 05/06/2022 14:58

😂😂😂

ENoeuf · 05/06/2022 14:59

On the app you can only quote once

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Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 15:01

@Pixiedust1234

Oh wow. Now I understand (as it doesn't look like that on mine)

ok this is what I wanted to know - if people know what they are inflicting on us

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Justkeeppedaling · 05/06/2022 15:21

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

Like this you mean? I like it better than quotes.

I don't like being tagged because my inbox fills up

Pixiedust1234 · 05/06/2022 15:23

mine is a tablet but I changed orientation to make it more like a phone. This is what I see in portrait. I assumed the scrolling was for down, not side.

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TottersBlankly · 05/06/2022 15:26

DFOD · 05/06/2022 14:48

Literal screen shot from my phone

I could weep for you! Grin

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 15:37

Giraffesandbottoms · 05/06/2022 14:28

I hate you guys

Come on Giraffe. You love us really.

FlipFlopShopInHawaii · 05/06/2022 15:37

DFOD · 05/06/2022 14:48

Literal screen shot from my phone

Screenshot from my phone. Words any longer than 4 letters and you can't see them.
I did laugh the longer and longer it got, but let's be honest it gets completely ridiculous 😂 and would make threads unreadable.

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Thebeastofsleep · 05/06/2022 15:39

Pixiedust1234 · 05/06/2022 15:23

mine is a tablet but I changed orientation to make it more like a phone. This is what I see in portrait. I assumed the scrolling was for down, not side.

Yep same. It's hideous. Makes threads unreasonable. I wonder if @MNHQ are aware?

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 15:40

WooNoodle · 05/06/2022 14:01

Sorry cross posted

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But how many re-quotes until even the vertical single-word format breaks up into single letters?

Enquiring minds need to know.

JellyBeanFactory · 05/06/2022 15:44

ENoeuf · 05/06/2022 14:59

On the app you can only quote once

That's what I get too! How do you quote a quote?

PurpleDaisies · 05/06/2022 15:45

KettrickenSmiled · 05/06/2022 15:40

But how many re-quotes until even the vertical single-word format breaks up into single letters?

Enquiring minds need to know.

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Good question. I think we should be told.

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