‘Quoting the Op’

Ooooooo. You got me. Dammit.

I’m doing as asked and quoting the OP to see what happens 😂

Sorry, my link didn't work properly. Try again.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/amibeingunreasonable/5368767-to-feel-like-im-not-sure-where-i-sit-politically-anymore-and-to-worry-about-it?page=9

As I said EG: the first post on page 9 of this thread, is quite a long post, (by EmeraldRoulette,) and someone quoted it immediately after this post. And then directly after that poster quoted it, the next poster quoted it too.
It's really not necessary to quote a post when you are answering it directly after it's posted! All you need to do is @ the poster you're speaking to. It's especially annoying when the post being quoted is long,

Would be handy if all quoted posts only had a certain amount showing - 10 to 20 lines - and then you had to 'click more' to see the rest of the post.

Me, too. Noticed it the other day and made a mental note to say thank you!

As I said @HebeMumsnet this is a really good thing, thank you, but I do wish it could be the same on all quoted posts. Say, the first 20 lines showing, and then 'show more' to drop down, and see what the rest says.

EG: the first post on page 9 of this thread, is quite a long post, (by EmeraldRoulette,) and someone quoted it immediately after this post. And then directly after that poster quoted it, the next poster quoted it too.

It's really not necessary to quote a post when you are answering it directly after it's posted! All you need to do is @ the poster you're speaking to. It's especially annoying when the post being quoted is long, and as I say, it's particularly annoying if it's directly after that particular post! It's as annoying as quoting the the OP (IMO.)

I don't imagine anything will be changed anytime soon regarding this, but I just thought I'd mention it.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5368767-to-feel-like-im-not-sure-where-i-sit-politically-anymore-and-to-worry-about-it?page=9&reply=145535095

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@blubbyblub , no we dont , mn have fixed it for us so that it the full post doest show.
Try quoting the 1st post on this thread so you can see how it works.

We need to start calling people out every single time. And when people do other people need to not call them pedants

That’s one less annoying thing on here, thanks!

That's better, thank you @HebeMumsnet

I agree, it's much better now.
It stops lots of unnecessary scrolling but you can still see the op if you want .
Thankyou for listening to us @HebeMumsnet

This is so much better now. Thank you

Thanks!!!

edit: sorry, it was in Active, I didn't notice the date!

Can I just say I love the workaround!

For those who don't see the issue, imagine it in real life. Every time you make a comment, give an opinion or ask a question, somebody repeats everything that you said verbatim before giving their response.

I remember having to do reading comprehension in school, and it seemed so ridiculous even then.

"Billy has just bought a new blue hat."
What colour is Billy's new hat?

You always had to respond with "Billy's new hat is blue". In real life, of course you'd just say "Blue".

@HebeMumsnet , that sounds like a perfect way to deal with it thankyou.

Once it's up and running I think it would be a good idea to put a note at the top of each page with either a brief explanation or a link to another thread so people can see what is going on. Otherwise Site Stuff will get bombarded with 'whats happening to the quote function ' post.

I quote almost everything i reply to because I have learning difficulties and I can't keep the full information in my head long enough. I need to do it so I reply in the right way.

You don’t want to look over in Pedant’s Corner MathAnx !! 🤣🤣🤣

@TatteredAndTornwe all know you are responding to the OP unless otherwise stated!

Ok….

Imagine this. Long, long OP, as they often are.

It takes a while to read it.

You finally reach the end.

Scroll down to the first post…to find the whole bloody OP posted again because it’s been quoted. You just want to read the responses - not the OP repeatedly, especially if it’s long. It just becomes an endless scroll.

Also, it’s pretty obvious it’s the OP that’s being replied to, there’s NO NEED to quote it. What’s worse is when someone quotes a mega long OP, and then just says something like “LTB” or something equally short as a response. It’s so, so tedious.

I’m happy you don’t get annoyed about it - I’ll have whatever you’re taking 😂

Me too, but that’s so much better.

Thanks for sorting this; it’s hugely irritating.

because it makes the thread really long. If the OP is long it just adds yards of stuff to scroll through - especially if it's the OP which everyone has read, and all that's been added is "this"

especially if you're on your phone

I can't for the life of me understand how or why people get so worked up about this.

What exactly is the problem? Explain it to me as if I'm three.

I've sometimes quoted the entire OP by accident. I can't cut and paste on my device, so on a thread with numerous replies, I click on 'quote' which brings the OP to just above the reply box, so I can physically copy type in the small section of text I want to quote and check it while can actually see it instead of having to scroll all the way to the top of the thread. I will then remove the full OP quote and then post. Only sometimes I forget.

yes but a message board isn'T just a series of reply to the OP, they develop into conversations.

My preference would to be able to quote, but delete irrelevant bits of the message you're replying to. Or to make all quotes only show the first 2 lines, so you can click "more" to reveal it if you want, or not.