I would like a reply to the "Reply" issue

What baffles me if how various OPs read their threads and are not totally bewildered.

Can't they see that none of it makes sense?

Aha! I like Thanks but that was a BAD decision to sacrifice Quote for it. I mean, Quote must be hundreds of times more useful and popular than “Thanks”.

And Reply was there too? With its duplicate in Add Post, so could have been easily sacrificed?
what on earth were MNHQ thinking?

That explains why I find myself hitting reply by mistake when I mean to quote, my muscle memory is taking me there.

I can’t be the only one.

I will also use it. However I don’t think I’ll include the reference to PSA at the bottom as a lot of new/occasional users are intimidated/annoyed by acronyms and it’s not all that well known.

People might think it has to do with PA. (Passive aggressive) or PITA (pain in the arse) and feel it’s a dig at them.

The Quote button was visible until Thanks was introduced.

One related question that has been bugging me.

I’ve been a MN user for decades. Always use the mobile site and generally like it. Never got on with the app.

I remember when the only way to quote was to copy and paste and bold using asterisks.

I remember when you had to copy the name of the person you were replying to in order to paste their name at the top of the post of theirs that you were quoting.

THEN the quote function was born! That was GREAT. Quoted whole post and the username.

However, in my memory the quote button when first introduced was right under the message, not hidden in a drop down. I also for the life of me can’t remember that bloody Reply button being there before Quote was brought in. And now even I, a very very seasoned MNetter who knows exactly how to quote still sometimes find myself absent-mindedly clicking “Reply” when I meant to quote.

So my question is, has the quote button always been hidden in the drop down? Have I created a false memory because I was eagerly waiting for it to be introduced?

What did the bottom of a message on the mobile site look like, say, 3 years ago?

Mind you, a couple have paid no attention, and continued their incomprehensible posting - at which point, I hide the thread.

I haven't had anyone moaning at me again, though.

@DappledThings thank you for your tireless work campaigning on this issue. I came here to find out what the fuck MN are thinking with this non-Reply button and was both glad to see it was not just me but disappointed to see that it had been raised so long ago with no real acknowledgement fr MN that it is an issue.

I see you as the “Mr Bates” of Mumsnet, seriously. Do you think we could convince Tony Jones to play you in an ITV drama?

I've had a very positive response when I've told people that the Reply button doesn't do anything, and go on to tell them how to Quote.

Most people post and say thank you, and they often say they'd been wondering why Reply didn't seem to be working.

And thanks, didn’t know quote was under the 3 dots.

Also need a ‘like’ button .

Here’s my reply.

MN have said now that if people ask they’ll add a Please RTFT message on an OP.

Maybe the thing to do here, instead of posting the message on unintelligible threads each time, is to report an example post from the thread, include the message in the report & ask them to post it.

What do you think @HebeMumsnet , @LilyMumsnet?

And this one. Please will you just fix it.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4984775-just-down-about-rejection-how-to-grow-a-thicker-skin

Another one
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/relationships/4984673-help-how-do-i-tell-my-friend-i-have-evidence-her-serial-cheat-of-a-husband-is-at-it-again-and-then-some?reply=132210766

And another thread rendered incomprehensible:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4978597-to-not-want-to-wait-two-months-to-see-a-physio?reply=132072997

Thanks for the PSA to copy and paste @DappledThings

Great wording, well done gang.

[slightly hmmm at users having to make our own workaround to patch up the talk board, but there we are]

That PSA i great and should be pinned to every thread until they sort out the issue!

It's a public service.

Ha! I have just used the C & P again and it actually went down well.

And shortly afterwards I was berated for telling people that their thread made no sense if they didn't quote.

I was just about to quote that.
She was replying to me asking her to quote people lol.

And another example from a thread yesterday...

This is great, will start using it!

We are.
If more of us do it, MNHQ might pay more attention to the issue, and more new (and regular) posters will become aware of it.