You don't have to quote the whole original post.

It's not an option when using the app. I use the app 97% of the time as it's much clearer to read and easier to use than the mobile site on my phone. We've been asking MN for an improved app for years.

The app being shit has been an ongoing issue and MN always just have a 'we're working on it' generic reply. I don't think they have any intentions of changing the app.

But people can just copy and paste what they're referring to and make it bold or put in quotations themselves, there's no rule against it

You can't use it in the app. Or see any polls. And you can't only quote a bit of a post. The app is rather shit really, but easier than using desktop so I stick with it.

What is more annoying is someone just quoting a name and posting something inane like 'I agree', and you have to scroll back to see what it was, if you were so inclined. THAT should be bloody stopped.

Because using the desktop site is ridiculously slow. With multipe refreshes to load the ads, no doubt.

What they need to do is bring the android app up to standard.

Also, if you have the app downloaded on your phone, you can't access the desktop site unless you use incognito mode, and sign in every time.

Fuck knows why anyone gives this place any traffic at all, tbh.

That’s what was discussed with MNHQ in the previous thread I’ve linked above, @Wendysfriend. They do seem to be looking into it. IIRC there was consideration of collapsing any full quote of the OP, so we wouldn’t have to scroll endlessly.

I do sometimes think it’s done by newish posters who don’t have much understanding of or faith in the logical progression of an MN discussion. It’s as if they fear people might post other random issues on any specific thread.

This is actually doing my head in. I don't know why it irritates me so much but it does. There is no need to quote the original post, I think some people don't understand the idea of using the quote function. Is even worse when they quote a big huge post with the shortest reply. There has to be a way of removing the quote button from an original post .

I find it more irritating (mildly) when someone quotes the lengthy original post of the OP further down the thread to say what 200 have already said hours before, and often when the OP has done updates.
Or even worse quote the OP days after the post started to say what 500 others have said and the OP never came back anyway.

Yup - mobile site all the way. The app was rubbish when it started and nothing I’ve heard has encouraged me to look again.

Why do you use the app? All I see are the things it doesn't do which raises the question of it what way is it better than the nmobile site?

If I want to quote something on the app I have to memorise it and retype it.

But that is when you're quoting someone else's response to the OP.
That isn't the same as just writing your comment on what the original post says.

Indeed, and that's why I quote when I'm on the app.

Yes, or they may have enough experience of the many variations of MN to figure out there may well be issues with whatever version a poster is using.

Yes to this.

If I want to quote something on the app I have to memorise it and retype it.
Nuts to that.

Also, bolding doesn't stand out on my PC version of MN. Italics do.

I also can't bookmark or send PMs on the app. There are possibly as many versions of MN as there are users.

I do this when I'm on the app.

The wonky version of the app that is on my phone doesn't allow me to leave the posting box without losing everything I post.

So if I want to refer to a few details, what am I supposed to do - screenshot it first, train myself to have a photographic memory, take down the OP in longhand?

I'm not being sneery, I'm pointing out that there have been other threads and that the vast majority don't care.

i mean, you've been sneery about people who quote the op 🤷🏻‍♀️

Multiple ones with the same minority of people complaining at the effort they need to make to scroll past.

The vast majority of posters don't care.

Because I can

I often just push the quote button, and then highlight the bits I'm responding to. Then it alerts the person you are responding to. I find it easier this way.

I have alerts turned off unless I am quoted or mentioned, so if anyone replies to me in any other way, chances are, I won't see it. I sort of thought that most regular posters would do this also in order to reduce the number of notifications.

Do we really need another thread about this?

Oh! It works on my mobile... Well then people need to stop asking AIBU if they can't access the voting function! 🤣🤣🤣