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I would like a reply to the "Reply" issue

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DappledThings · 03/11/2023 09:07

Just thought I'd start another thread to get more attention on this again as there has been no answer as to whether it is even being looked at.

A few comments on MNHQ's recent thread about the new feature pointing out nobody asked for that but a lot of us have asked you to fix this.

To summarise: The button marked Reply does not do what it says. It adds a post, it does not do a reply. MN has no reply feature but, bizarrely, chooses to have a button that pretends it does. This leads to threads full of "replies" that have no context and are impossible to follow. Plus posts saying "sorry, not sure why my reply didn't work, I clicked reply"

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TheShellBeach · 08/02/2024 17:20

Do you know what?
I can't work out why it took them so long to swap the buttons around.

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 08/02/2024 17:13

Checking my wdit
oops edit - that wasn’t even deliberate!

TheShellBeach · 08/02/2024 15:28

Lougle · 08/02/2024 14:34

It should look like this @MrsDanversGlidesAgain

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Just checking to see if I've got edit.

Yep!

Lougle · 08/02/2024 14:34

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 08/02/2024 13:40

Update, I do have edit. Just not quote.

It should look like this @MrsDanversGlidesAgain

I would like a reply to the "Reply" issue
MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 08/02/2024 13:40

Update, I do have edit. Just not quote.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 08/02/2024 13:26

I seem to have lost Quote and Edit, MN (I'm on laptop). Am I looking in the wrong place, or what?

I would like a reply to the "Reply" issue
Papillon23 · 08/02/2024 12:25

Thank you! That's much better :) much appreciated!

ColumboTheBestDetective · 08/02/2024 12:08

It's been a tortuous journey (made worse by the fact it as a change that wasn't thought through properly to start with when the 'reply' button was conceived), but at least now it's been sorted out. Phew. Next time hopefully @LilyMumsnet and MNHQ will think things through more thoroughly before they make any other changes!

IMustDoMoreExercise · 08/02/2024 12:08

LilyMumsnet · 08/02/2024 09:44

Hi all

We just wanted to share the changes we've made.

On mobile, we've swapped 'Save' and 'Quote'. 'Save' can now be found in the post menu. We've also renamed the reply button - it now says 'add post'.

On desktop, we have swapped 'save' and 'quote'. We've also renamed 'add message' to 'add post'.

Thanks for doing that, so much better.

Is there any way that I can Watch and Pin a thread in one step?

At the moment, the only way I seem to be able to do it is to Watch the thread and then I have to go in to I'm Watching and find the thread to pin it.

Thanks

EmpressaurusOfCats · 08/02/2024 10:52

Thanks @LilyMumsnet!

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DappledThings · 08/02/2024 10:06

LilyMumsnet · 08/02/2024 09:44

Hi all

We just wanted to share the changes we've made.

On mobile, we've swapped 'Save' and 'Quote'. 'Save' can now be found in the post menu. We've also renamed the reply button - it now says 'add post'.

On desktop, we have swapped 'save' and 'quote'. We've also renamed 'add message' to 'add post'.

Fantastic, thank you!

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betterangels · 08/02/2024 09:55

Yay for common sense restored!

I genuinely have no clue why it took so long to implement or why any testing etc was needed when all they've ended up doing is exactly what MN users suggested initially. Agree.

Heather37231 · 08/02/2024 09:54

A-MAZE-ING!

What a brilliant result. Thank you!

WatchOutMissMarpleIsAbout · 08/02/2024 09:53

Thank you at last!

YourNameGoesHere · 08/02/2024 09:48

NoWordForFluffy · 08/02/2024 09:46

Today, I think. 😁

Thanks, @LilyMumsnet, sensible choices!

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Just seen the message from Lily.

Thank goodness common sense prevailed but I genuinely have no clue why it took so long to implement or why any testing etc was needed when all they've ended up doing is exactly what MN users suggested initially. Confused

Whinge · 08/02/2024 09:48

What a brilliant update.

NoWordForFluffy · 08/02/2024 09:46

YourNameGoesHere · 08/02/2024 09:43

Oh so we do... When did that show up?? Also seriously not complaining but isn't that exactly what we asked them to do right at the start....

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Today, I think. 😁

Thanks, @LilyMumsnet, sensible choices!

LookItsMeAgain · 08/02/2024 09:46

YES!!!

We have "Quote" back at the bottom of the posts on the website too!

Finally.....<heaves a huge sigh of relief>

Thank you MN Admins and MN Techies! This will make a HUGE difference to how the site operates.
💐

MNHQ
LilyMumsnet · 08/02/2024 09:44

Hi all

We just wanted to share the changes we've made.

On mobile, we've swapped 'Save' and 'Quote'. 'Save' can now be found in the post menu. We've also renamed the reply button - it now says 'add post'.

On desktop, we have swapped 'save' and 'quote'. We've also renamed 'add message' to 'add post'.

YourNameGoesHere · 08/02/2024 09:43

NoWordForFluffy · 08/02/2024 09:41

Ooh...we have quote back at the bottom of the message on the mobile site!

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Oh so we do... When did that show up?? Also seriously not complaining but isn't that exactly what we asked them to do right at the start....

NoWordForFluffy · 08/02/2024 09:41

Ooh...we have quote back at the bottom of the message on the mobile site!

I would like a reply to the "Reply" issue
NoWordForFluffy · 02/02/2024 09:04

YourNameGoesHere · 02/02/2024 08:32

I think in fairness and I may be wrong it's only labelled as reply when using the mobile site (probably because it's shorter so fits on the bottom bar more easily). I think it's always been add message when using the site on a computer hasn't it?

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Yes, the mobile site is 'Reply' below the message, but 'Add post' at the bottom of the page. (You need to click on my image to see it in full.)

I would like a reply to the "Reply" issue
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DappledThings · 02/02/2024 08:58

YourNameGoesHere · 02/02/2024 08:32

I think in fairness and I may be wrong it's only labelled as reply when using the mobile site (probably because it's shorter so fits on the bottom bar more easily). I think it's always been add message when using the site on a computer hasn't it?

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Yes, it is Add message on the computer. Which is even more annoying. Yes Reply is fewer characters than Add message but they don't mean the same thing. It's such a lazy workaround. " We can't fit the words Add message on the mobile site. We'll call it reply which doesn't mean the same thing but hey, who cares if it's massively confusing?". Aaargh!

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ScottBakula · 02/02/2024 08:40

Ostryga · 04/11/2023 16:55

Or just automatically compress quotes with a ‘read more’ function so all quotes are a couple of lines only.

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And anyone quoting the op on the 1st page / 1st 25 replies should be banished!

YourNameGoesHere · 02/02/2024 08:32

DappledThings · 02/02/2024 08:30

The amount of people who think reply isn't working is astonishing but reply does exactly what it's supposed to and made some sort of sense before they added the ability to quote posts.
I don't think it has ever made sense to have a button marked reply which doesn't reply to the post. Regardless of the quote feature I would always expect "Reply" to mean something happened in relation to the post I had hit reply on, not to the thread in general.

It is "working" in that it does what it is designed to do, but the design is nonsensical from the off.

I think in fairness and I may be wrong it's only labelled as reply when using the mobile site (probably because it's shorter so fits on the bottom bar more easily). I think it's always been add message when using the site on a computer hasn't it?