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Originally Posted by Arbie
(Note: I'm not trying to be nasty. If staff deems that this post is unpleasant, or would upset somebody, I'll understand if it's closed.)
Is there, or should there be, a guideline about how many posts in a row to make in a single thread?
Some members apparently don't know how to use the multi-quote feature, so instead they quote several posts in a row individually and add a very short "me too" kind of answer. They may end up with a dozen or so successive "me too" posts on any given thread. It's more annoying than anything else, but I've seen forums where they limit individuals to three posts in a row in the same thread. After that they can't post in the same thread again until somebody else does.
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I've been on various forums for donkey's years, so I tend to instinctively self-police myself with things like multiple successive postings - having said that, one of the things that I appreciate about this place, is that people don't tend to get too hung up about posting etiquette - you can be free to express your thoughts in whatever manner seems right for you at the time, without worrying that you'll be shouted at for some posting transgression. This is valuable when you need to say/ask something, but want to avoid kicking your anxiety levels up.
I use multiquote - but as others have noted, sometimes it can be contextually confusing to address too many things in a single post & sometimes multiquote can't be always be used, due to the device/browser being used, or because you started your reply using the regular
reply with quote function.
That said, it is possible to
manually multiquote by copy/pasting a section of text, then selecting it in the reply box & hitting the
button:
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[QUOTE]That said, it is possible to manually multiquote by copy/pasting a section of text, then selecting it in the reply box & hitting the [IMG]https://pcforums-liviant.netdna-ssl.com/images/editor/quote.gif[/IMG]button[/QUOTE]
This wraps the selected text in quote markers. However, to have the quote show an attribution to the person being quoted, you'll need to add that users username to the opening quote marker:
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[QUOTE=marvin_pa]That said, it is possible to manually multiquote by copy/pasting a section of text, then selecting it in the reply box & hitting the [IMG]https://pcforums-liviant.netdna-ssl.com/images/editor/quote.gif[/IMG]button[/QUOTE]
Of course, if you're posting from a mobile device, then using copy/paste can be a bit of a pain, but the above can be useful when really needed for clarity, or when adding additional quote/replies to a post started with
reply with quote.