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It's a little irritating at times but you can always edit in the quote and the person will still be notified of it.
edit: Just to clarify I don't mean editing your original comment to respond to replies made after it, just the ones above it.
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I can reply instantly to a comment posted after mine. Anything above mine and I just reply with new line. I don't have to edit anything twice, just make sure I've formatted my comment to include the people I'm replying to.
You don't need 5 comments to reply to 5 people, just the one. That's how I see it anyway.
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The other annoying thing it does when it Merges posts is it doesn't leave a line between your previous post and the newer merged post.
So you could have a new paragraph talking about a different point but it's in the same paragraph...
Like this (The newer merged post is in the light grey colour)
Oh fuck.. it did it properly that time...
Then what in the fuck...
But not that time..
Hmmm.
Nor that time..
What If I leave a space before typing the new post..
Bingo!
So you could have a new paragraph talking about a different point but it's in the same paragraph...
Like this (The newer merged post is in the light grey colour)
Oh fuck.. it did it properly that time...
Then what in the fuck...
But not that time..
Hmmm.
Nor that time..
What If I leave a space before typing the new post..
Bingo!
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I'm not saying you're wrong.....but you're wrong
Thing is, from a personal point of view, if I have made a comment then the person I'm commenting to replies to 5 separate other people it becomes difficult to follow the conversation if you have to read the 5 other answers all bundled into the same reply. I am fully aware that the quoting function labels the person you're replying to but I just don't see the merit in unnecessarily pruning replies that would be far easier to follow if they were separated.
I'm not saying you're wrong.....but you're wrong
Thing is, from a personal point of view, if I have made a comment then the person I'm commenting to replies to 5 separate other people it becomes difficult to follow the conversation if you have to read the 5 other answers all bundled into the same reply. I am fully aware that the quoting function labels the person you're replying to but I just don't see the merit in unnecessarily pruning replies that would be far easier to follow if they were separated.
How am I wrong exactly? I just don't see how it's better to have 5 separate comments right after another to reply to 5 people when you could format a single comment with the quotes and your reply to each one. It doesn't make following the conversation any harder. You don't have to read the other people's comments (though you should have already if you've been following the conversation) you just need to look for your quoted comment and the reply beneath it. Takes like 2 seconds.
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Lozart
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That was a poorly judged bit of comedy based solely on you disagreeing with me. I'll try harder next time. Promise.
It's this bit that I take issue with though: " you just need to look for your quoted comment and the reply beneath it. " My whole point is that I shouldn't have to search through a post to find the bit that's relevant to me. If the posts were individual I can click on the "XYZ quoted you" notification and go straight to it. Which is patently easier to follow.
Ah, my bad. Sometimes judging comments with comedic intent is hard over text.
Agree with you there mate, it is easier for you to find your comment with the notification. I'm just thinking about others reading the thread. Comments add up and a post can be dragged out several pages due to exactly this. Perhaps there could be a way to implement it where your quote is highlighted in a different colour? Would nail two birds with one stone.
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Lozart
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How would you know what colour the content relevant to you is?
In terms of thread sprawl I really don't see that we suffer too badly from that here. If we're short of server space I'd far rather that old threads were archived off than current ones be needlessly shortened.
I was thinking that perhaps if your quote was highlighted the reply beneath it would be easier to see at a first glance. Probably a dumb idea but eh, it's a non-issue for me anyway whatever people decide on.
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Will put up a poll about this to run for a week.
There is also the multiquote button and the ability to drag and select text before quoting it.
Not sure what you mean by this as you can still do that. Automerge is meant to deal with double-posting and people are are quite the opposite of what you're saying (i.e. prefer to double post over just editing their post like they should be).
There is also the multiquote button and the ability to drag and select text before quoting it.
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Maybe I use the forums differently, but what I meant was I would edit a post if I wanted to add to a specific post, i would not double post to add more too that specific post.
If I post twice it will be because I am replying to a differernt post in the same thread, so to Lozart's point is becomes muddled when it all get's merged together. It's like having two or more conversations at the same time ?
If I post twice it will be because I am replying to a differernt post in the same thread, so to Lozart's point is becomes muddled when it all get's merged together. It's like having two or more conversations at the same time ?
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Hm, alright.
I suppose I'm not sure how it becomes muddled if you're replying to someone. If you're replying to someone how do they know it's them you're speaking to unless you quote them? If you're quoting them then how does a merge confuse things? If you're not quoting how do they know anyway unless their reply is above yours?
Posts won't merge if someone made a post between you making your first and second reply (irrespective of how long you wait to respond), so you can still have a quickfire conversation in threads.
This was to stop excessive double (and sometimes triple) posting that some newer forums members did. It could be argued this was catering to the lowest common denominator though as many people aren't familiar with forums these days. Automerge can be a useful tool as it's one less button press for those who might want to add to a post, but that's certainly up for debate. I also don't like how it doesn't indicate which part of the message is merged.
I suppose I'm not sure how it becomes muddled if you're replying to someone. If you're replying to someone how do they know it's them you're speaking to unless you quote them? If you're quoting them then how does a merge confuse things? If you're not quoting how do they know anyway unless their reply is above yours?
Posts won't merge if someone made a post between you making your first and second reply (irrespective of how long you wait to respond), so you can still have a quickfire conversation in threads.
This was to stop excessive double (and sometimes triple) posting that some newer forums members did. It could be argued this was catering to the lowest common denominator though as many people aren't familiar with forums these days. Automerge can be a useful tool as it's one less button press for those who might want to add to a post, but that's certainly up for debate. I also don't like how it doesn't indicate which part of the message is merged.
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I'm not having trouble reading them, but that could be just me. Is your point that it's not obvious that it's 3 posts? Why does that matter?
Here's the problem with not merging your 3 posts in my opinion:
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Here's the problem with not merging your 3 posts in my opinion:
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The point was within a thread you might have mutiple sub conversations. If replying to different posters, ra[pidly (within 15 mins) and it all gets merged it makes it all a bit of a muddle and then hard to read and for those quoted to then reply again after.
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