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This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to

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catastroph · 01/10/2023 19:54

If you look at the OP's posts on this thread it looks like she may have routinely used "Reply" rather than "Quote" when responding to people. However, she hasn't @-mentioned the person she is responding to, which makes her replies very confusing: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/education/4908580-headteacher-used-a-biscuit-in-maths-and-tried-to-feed-our-coeliac-daughter-and-when-told-not-to-laughed-about-it.

I'm guessing she is an inexperienced mumsnetter, but she's not the only one. What is the point of the "Reply" button if it isn't obvious who the reply is aimed at? Surely the person being responded to should be automatically tagged so that it's clear?

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Brefugee · 01/10/2023 20:26

It does make sense to automatically tag the person you're replying to (if you don't want to be tagged you can switch off notifications?)

IncomingTraffic · 01/10/2023 20:26

onebornsecibd · 01/10/2023 20:24

You can't reply someone who's already quoted

You can quote someone who has already quoted. I just did.

Show quote history reveals the previous quotes.

IncomingTraffic · 01/10/2023 20:25

RoseAndRose · 01/10/2023 20:22

I don't have that.

Mine is:

Add message / thanks / save / share / report / bookmark

I really do think that "quote" should be on that line (like it used to be). Probably instead of "share"

Show quote history

The quote button is hidden in the three dots menu in the top right of the post.

Surely the quote function is used more often than ‘thanks’. MN should have metrics on this. And it would be more widely used if anyone could find it.

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
onebornsecibd · 01/10/2023 20:24

You can't reply someone who's already quoted

IncomingTraffic · 01/10/2023 20:23

It’s pretty clear that lots of users don’t understand the reply button. It does seem
that it should indicate that you are replying to that particular post but it doesn’t.

Whereas the quote button is quite hard to find.

And the edit function (once you actually find it) is weirdly temperamental.

RoseAndRose · 01/10/2023 20:22

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:08

This one.

Show quote history

I don't have that.

Mine is:

Add message / thanks / save / share / report / bookmark

I really do think that "quote" should be on that line (like it used to be). Probably instead of "share"

AtmosAtmos · 01/10/2023 20:18

Yes Reply seems pointless - make it quote or maybe tag (I have notifications turned off so that they don’t pop up).

IncompleteSenten · 01/10/2023 20:12

True.
Reply performs the exact same function as 'add post'. Not sure why the duplication.

gamerchick · 01/10/2023 20:10

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:09

It would make more sense to put the 'quote' button there instead.

Yep.

Not everyone likes to be tagged.

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:09

It would make more sense to put the 'quote' button there instead.

EverySporkIsSacred · 01/10/2023 20:09

Too right OP. I tried to use the reply button and thought it hadn't done anything because why on Earth wouldn't it automatically tag the person you're replying to - absolutely pointless.

TheShellBeach · 01/10/2023 20:08

TheShellBeach · 01/10/2023 20:01

There's a few threads where this is a real problem.

In between the thanks and the report button.
Are you on the app though?

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:08

RoseAndRose · 01/10/2023 20:02

What "reply" button?

This one.

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
RoseAndRose · 01/10/2023 20:02

What "reply" button?

TheShellBeach · 01/10/2023 20:01

There's a few threads where this is a real problem.

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:00

Yup. It makes threads very hard to follow at times.

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