Why are we not able to select quote for a first post? Sometimes I just want to answer a part of the post and can't do it. Seems silly to me.
#1
Posted 05 March 2014 - 03:16 AM
Why are we not able to select quote for a first post? Sometimes I just want to answer a part of the post and can't do it. Seems silly to me.
#2
Posted 05 March 2014 - 05:00 AM
#3
Posted 05 March 2014 - 01:30 PM
With due respect, that makes no sense as an answer to the question.This forum's design assumes that all posts are in reference to the first post.
#4
Posted 05 March 2014 - 02:30 PM
#5
Posted 05 March 2014 - 09:28 PM
#6
Posted 05 March 2014 - 09:41 PM
#7
Posted 06 March 2014 - 02:20 AM
We will have the engineers look into it.
Thank You.
Interesting point - I found I can quote the first post when using my phone (but that is not much use as I find it much harder to put a reply together on my phone). Must be some setting.
#8
Posted 06 March 2014 - 01:01 PM
This forum's design assumes that all posts are in reference to the first post.
With due respect, that makes no sense as an answer to the question.
On the contrary, it is the right answer to the question.
'Quoting' should only ever be done if you need to be clear that you are referring to a specific 'bit' of a message. Quoting whole posts is rarely appropriate, but there is a limited place for it 'downstream' in a thread. Disabling quoting whole posts is a very viable option under consideration, but the 'compromise' solution is disabling it for the first post where it could never be appropriate:
Every post in a thread should have relevance to the first post, or it is off-topic, in violation of our posting guidelines and hence the user agreement. Use of the 'quote' button indiscriminately results in re-posting redundant text making the forums harder to navigate, less informative and enjoyable. It is also a violation of the posting guidelines and the user agreement. Repeat offenders should be braced for a suspension.
#9
Posted 07 March 2014 - 05:43 AM
Why are we not able to select quote for a first post? Sometimes I just want to answer a part of the post and can't do it. Seems silly to me.
#10
Posted 07 March 2014 - 12:33 PM
Why are we not able to select quote for a first post? Sometimes I just want to answer a part of the post and can't do it. Seems silly to me.
Every post in a thread should have relevance to the first post, or it is off-topic, in violation of our posting guidelines and hence the user agreement.
That means more than half of all posts are in violation of the user agreement. So perhaps it would be better for every post to incorporate the first post by default (like I've done above), thereby reminding the poster of what he's supposed to be talking about. Because if it is truly "critical that you try to keep follow-up posts on topic," as the user agreement says, then the last thing you want to do is to prevent people from quoting the first post.
Edited by Turnbuckle, 07 March 2014 - 12:41 PM.
#11
Posted 07 March 2014 - 06:27 PM
Sorry for errors, the android editor doesn't wprk right for this site.
#12
Posted 07 March 2014 - 06:58 PM
Why are we not able to select quote for a first post? Sometimes I just want to answer a part of the post and can't do it. Seems silly to me.
Every post in a thread should have relevance to the first post, or it is off-topic, in violation of our posting guidelines and hence the user agreement.
That means more than half of all posts are in violation of the user agreement. So perhaps it would be better for every post to incorporate the first post by default (like I've done above), thereby reminding the poster of what he's supposed to be talking about. Because if it is truly "critical that you try to keep follow-up posts on topic," as the user agreement says, then the last thing you want to do is to prevent people from quoting the first post.
I think this argument elegantly points out the absurdity that every single post in every single thread must be totally in reference to the first post.
#13
Posted 07 March 2014 - 10:28 PM
#14
Posted 07 March 2014 - 10:34 PM
#15
Posted 08 March 2014 - 03:49 PM
Edited by Mind, 08 March 2014 - 03:51 PM.
#16
Posted 09 March 2014 - 09:00 PM
Thanks for pointing out that bug, we may get around to fixing it eventually.So Caliban, if it is by design, how come I can quote my first post from my phone?
In the non- mobile version every post in a thread has has a title which is the title of the first post.So perhaps it would be better for every post to incorporate the first post by default
It would be ironic if I would let myself be dragged into a discussion on the merits or otherwise of staying on-topic... because that is a different discussion triggered by, but not relevant to the the question in the first post. Start a new topic for that discussion or a referendum.
#17
Posted 28 March 2014 - 04:12 AM
#18
Posted 28 March 2014 - 04:19 AM
#19
Posted 21 August 2014 - 06:35 PM
I too find the inability to quote the original (first post) annoying; I'd vote to have this fixed.
#20
Posted 21 August 2014 - 07:09 PM
Did a poll ever get created for this issue?
#21
Posted 21 August 2014 - 09:00 PM
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