Should we stop using the quote button?
May 26, 2011 | 9:26 am
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Should we stop using the quote button?
I know that I will end up getting a lot of abuse for suggesting this but should we all stop using the quote button as we are continuing to move into a multi platform world that doesn’t have very big screens.
I regularly use the mobile site (rather than the app) on my iPhone and find that I can’t follow threads that have very long OPs as I have to click through too many pages to get to the reply.
Can an alternative be used to quoting the previous response such as using the @ symbol as in @Genius1 for example?
I know that I like using quote on forums but I personally think that it is over used.
I regularly use the mobile site (rather than the app) on my iPhone and find that I can’t follow threads that have very long OPs as I have to click through too many pages to get to the reply.
Can an alternative be used to quoting the previous response such as using the @ symbol as in @Genius1 for example?
I know that I like using quote on forums but I personally think that it is over used.
May 26, 2011 | 9:30 am
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May 26, 2011 | 9:33 am
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Nothing wrong with using the quote button as long as it's used properly. Why should I have to change my ways just to suit the boys with their toys. 
May 26, 2011 | 9:46 am
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This belongs in CommunityBuzz. Thanks for understanding. 
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May 26, 2011 | 9:47 am
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just to add to this thread, i can kind of see where hingeless is coming from here, the mobile app isnt the easiest thing in the world to use as far as quotes go, perhaps its something that can be worked on for any future update
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May 26, 2011 | 10:01 am
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I too am bothered when some people quote the whole response instead of just the relevant couple of sentences, but I think that's a fairly rare occurrence.
May 26, 2011 | 10:16 am
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May 26, 2011 | 10:18 am
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May 26, 2011 | 12:41 pm
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Quoting is absolutely imperative when some threads are hundreds of responses long, however agree quotes should be used appropriately and not indiscriminately.
You can quote me on that...
You can quote me on that...
May 26, 2011 | 12:50 pm
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May 26, 2011 | 2:30 pm
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May 27, 2011 | 8:16 am
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Why not just have the mobile version format the quote so it looks like a quote?
May 27, 2011 | 10:34 am
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Jun 9, 2011 | 12:24 am
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iPhone app does a nice job of distinguishing a quote. There are some offenders that I'd like to report that quotes the entire post. Is that allowed?
Also if we highlight a passage and press quote would that selectively quote?
I'm also annoyed I can't quote a quote inside another response
Also if we highlight a passage and press quote would that selectively quote?
I'm also annoyed I can't quote a quote inside another response