Wat happened to quoting?

[tloonya]

Lately (I think I had complained about this before, have I) no one is quoting so I have no idea which post gets answers.
I understand long posts are bitch to quote but I am always deleting unimportant parts of the quoted post and leaving a few sentences that are being addressed.
Why don't people quote? it used to me almost mandatory! Please, mandate it again someone...

[moon/Laura]

I wish it were possible for me to do "nandate it", because I find it super annoying too. I mean, i guess i *could* make it a rule but i won't.

It really is no big deal to use the quote button, but people seem to be too lazy to do so. That's all I can really think of. even if you're quoting something to respond to in general (versus that person specifically), the button could and should still be used so that it sets that text apart from the response. using :: and other things really doesn't cut it for me. i will say that it IS a bigger pain in the ass to edit a long quote on a tablet or phone.. and you can't multi-quote that way either.

[tloonya]

Jan 17, 2015 12:56:06 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

I wish it were possible for me to do "nandate it", because I find it super annoying too. I mean, i guess i *could* make it a rule but i won't.

It really is no big deal to use the quote button, but people seem to be too lazy to do so. That's all I can really think of. even if you're quoting something to respond to in general (versus that person specifically), the button could and should still be used so that it sets that text apart from the response. using :: and other things really doesn't cut it for me. i will say that it IS a bigger pain in the ass to edit a long quote on a tablet or phone.. and you can't multi-quote that way either.

Oh, teach me how to multi quote please. Open five forums and quote and copy/paste? Noooooooooo

[moon/Laura]

First of all, the quotes have to come from the same page... or, at least it's never worked otherwise for me.

Select the first post you want to quote by using the gear icon > Select Post. Or, hold down the alt button and click the post. Repeat for subsequent posts. When you get to the last post you want to quote, click the quote button. then all posts will be in the reply window. you would just add your responses after the [/quote] for each one.

[tloonya]

Jan 17, 2015 13:04:27 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

First of all, the quotes have to come from the same page... or, at least it's never worked otherwise for me.

Select the first post you want to quote by using the gear icon > Select Post. Or, hold down the alt button and click the post. Repeat for subsequent posts. When you get to the last post you want to quote, click the quote button. then all posts will be in the reply window. you would just add your responses after the [/quote] for each one.

WOW! Thanks. Too bad I do not have anything to multi-quote as of now...

[Tennesseer]

You have two quotes from Moonbeam right here on which you could practice. 

[moon/Laura]

I checked on support and you can quote across multiple pages there, so there's something here that breaks that.

[tloonya]

Jan 17, 2015 13:08:42 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You have two quotes from Moonbeam right here on which you could practice. 

Ok, but I don't see Select Post and when I press Alt and click post nothing happening

[Tennesseer]

Jan 17, 2015 13:00:01 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Jan 17, 2015 12:56:06 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

I wish it were possible for me to do "nandate it", because I find it super annoying too. I mean, i guess i *could* make it a rule but i won't.

It really is no big deal to use the quote button, but people seem to be too lazy to do so. That's all I can really think of. even if you're quoting something to respond to in general (versus that person specifically), the button could and should still be used so that it sets that text apart from the response. using :: and other things really doesn't cut it for me. i will say that it IS a bigger pain in the ass to edit a long quote on a tablet or phone.. and you can't multi-quote that way either.

Oh, teach me how to multi quote please. Open five forums and quote and copy/paste? Noooooooooo

Jan 17, 2015 13:06:06 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Jan 17, 2015 13:04:27 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

First of all, the quotes have to come from the same page... or, at least it's never worked otherwise for me.

Select the first post you want to quote by using the gear icon > Select Post. Or, hold down the alt button and click the post. Repeat for subsequent posts. When you get to the last post you want to quote, click the quote button. then all posts will be in the reply window. you would just add your responses after the [/quote] for each one.

WOW! Thanks. Too bad I do not have anything to multi-quote as of now...

Jan 17, 2015 13:11:35 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Jan 17, 2015 13:08:42 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You have two quotes from Moonbeam right here on which you could practice. 

Ok, but I don't see Select Post and when I press Alt and click post nothing happening

[moon/Laura]

Jan 17, 2015 13:11:35 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Jan 17, 2015 13:08:42 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You have two quotes from Moonbeam right here on which you could practice. 

Ok, but I don't see Select Post and when I press Alt and click post nothing happening

Select post is under the gear icon menu. and if you use the Alt click method, you won't necessarily see anything. the background around the gear icon turns a darker shade is all.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

If I want to multi-quote, I sometimes have 2 windows open - that way I can go to a previous page and get a quote to paste onto the current post I'm composing.

[tloonya]

Jan 17, 2015 13:20:57 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Jan 17, 2015 13:11:35 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Ok, but I don't see Select Post and when I press Alt and click post nothing happening

Select post is under the gear icon menu. and if you use the Alt click method, you won't necessarily see anything. the background around the gear icon turns a darker shade is all.

I didn't know what 'gear' meant so I went logically: if it is not hand and not 'Quote' - that thang must be it.
And It it was! Thanks

[Ombud]

Jan 17, 2015 13:38:19 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

The quote function is a pain in the ass to use on a phone.

Droid gives you the option to delete portions of it. Doesn't the iPhone?

No way to multi-quote

[moon/Laura]

Droid or iOs, you have to manually delete all the stuff you don't want to address. And it IS a pain.

But that doesn't explain why people on an actual computer can't bother to quote properly.

[Blonde Granny]

I really dislike posts that have 4 or 5 different posts in it that are all quoting each other, it's especially annoying when there are pictures involved...I do NOT want to see the same picture of Aunt Ellie in every single quoted post. Once was enough.

[Deleted]

Jan 17, 2015 13:08:42 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

You have two quotes from Moonbeam right here on which you could practice. 

Jan 17, 2015 13:20:57 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Jan 17, 2015 13:11:35 GMT -5 tloonya said:

Ok, but I don't see Select Post and when I press Alt and click post nothing happening

Select post is under the gear icon menu. and if you use the Alt click method, you won't necessarily see anything. the background around the gear icon turns a darker shade is all.

Jan 17, 2015 13:47:12 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Droid or iOs, you have to manually delete all the stuff you don't want to address. And it IS a pain.

But that doesn't explain why people on an actual computer can't bother to quote properly.

Thank you for lesson! I always wondering how people were doing this. I am not as smart on technology as some here. Like icons from other places are funny but I don't know how to do those.

[Deleted]

haha! How did I get giant moonbeam in my post? Accidental genius!

[mmhmm]

If I recall correctly, Shooby is unable to use the quote function for some reason. I think she did some trouble-shooting, but to no avail. I don't know whether she posts from a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, or what, though.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Jan 17, 2015 13:27:21 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

If I want to multi-quote, I sometimes have 2 windows open - that way I can go to a previous page and get a quote to paste onto the current post I'm composing.

Jan 17, 2015 13:38:19 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

The quote function is a pain in the ass to use on a phone.  I mean, it works fine as long as you don't mind having the other person's entire post in the quote box, but some of our regulars can get pretty long winded and there's nothing more annoying than having a 5 paragraph post get quoted over and over when everyone is only responding to one or two sentences from it, especially when the next person quotes the five paragraph post, and the three paragraph post reply from the person above them.  Then the next guy quotes the 5 paragraph post, the three paragraph post, and the two paragraph post that was replying to the earlier one.  Pretty soon you have threads with these insane walls of text that you have scroll through to get to the pithy one line response to the 5th or 6th person in the chain.  It's easier to copy and paste the one or two sentences you want to respond to and put in the quote tags manually.

Jan 17, 2015 13:47:12 GMT -5 moon/Laura said:

Droid or iOs, you have to manually delete all the stuff you don't want to address. And it IS a pain.

But that doesn't explain why people on an actual computer can't bother to quote properly.

just practicing. I never new how to multi quote. Thanks for the tip!