Can we disable quoting the opening post?

[NigellaAwesome]

I find it so annoying when posters quote the op. Surely anyone replying to a thread, it is self explanatory that they are replying to the opening post, without needing to quote it?

it means having to scroll through multiple, often long, quotes of opening posts completely needlessly.

Totally agree, especially when it's the first reply!

They keep saying that they will “look into this “but it never changes. The app update has made it worse I think, as now you can’t cut and paste from the original post either.

Oh please do this, sick of seeing first post being quoted

Yes please!

I hate it too. It’s so time consuming especially when it’s a long post. It makes me click off the thread.

Yes, please change this. Nobody reads the requoted post anyway, but it’s so tedious, especially when after quoting the opening post they just write a 3 word reply!

Yes please. Although it’s been asked for several times before.

What infuriates me most is when someone quotes the opening post just two or three posts in. I mean FFS if you’re on that page then that’s what you’re reading.

I think part of the reason is that you can no longer c&p the part of a post you want to reply to so people are reposting the whole thing.

I can’t believe people are still complaining about this.. really doesn’t bother me at all!

I’m surprised that some twat hasn’t already done it on this thread to show how ‘hilarious’ they are. It usually happens.

And you are the arbiter of everything? So it doesn’t bother you so it shouldn’t bother anyone else?

I totally agree that it's annoying and unnecessary on the first few pages, but if the thread is several pages long, it's sometimes helpful to differentiate whether you are replying to the OP, or to a side argument / discussion that has developed along the way.

you can no longer c&p

Of course you can!

Yes, it's really annoying.

Totally agree

Yes, it is very irritating

I’m on iPhone and definitely can’t cut and paste anymore

I completely agree.
(Couldn't resist. No self-control.)

Same. I started a thread about it. Don’t know if anything is being done to fix it.

You can copy the text and paste it all then delete the bits you don’t want - a long workaround maybe

The only way I can copy text is by taking a screenshot and copying it from there!

I asked for this during app testing and pointed out cut and paste no longer available 🤷‍♀️
I also don’t get how the new app only offers “thanks” as a response

Another triumph for accessibility aid users. Not.

I can copy and paste 🫤.

But, yes, please, save these numpties from making fools of themselves and disable quoting the OP.

I saw someone the other day telling off a poster for NOT quoting the OP because they reckoned it made the poster look like they were replying to the preceding comment!

Er, no it doesn't, most people can read context or just ask if they aren't sure. Not everything has to be threaded to be understandable.