This "quote" thing. ?

As a recent ' returner' to GN I do find the quote thing a bit odd. Unintentionally (?) it feels as if by quoting the whole post the quoter is taking the p*ss! I can see that is not what most intend by using the facility but somehow it feels a bit passive aggressive!

That's a bit sad Ellianne the poster needs to find a kinder occupation methinks.

I'm not sure MamaCaz. I would like to know too. A poster let slip they take screen shots of posts as evidence to drag up against another in future. I'm sure that wouldn't be allowed, and why do it anyway?

Does anyone know if you can opt out of the quote function, by that I mean making it so no one can quote your posts?

I'm only asking because I've just been unable to quote someone on another thread. All the other functions were active when I clicked on the three dots, but not that one!

Hello PECS, good to see you again. I haven't pressed the quote button, I've never used it but - I totally agree with PECS post at 08.52 today.

Seems to me that some people are very snippy about other's serious comments and thoughts.
The OP posted a valid opinion/ idea. Some replies disagreed and posted their reasons for holding an equally valid but different opinion. Proper debate in my view. However some replies appeared to be personal and a bit spiteful. Not constructive or helpful and this approach can turn a genuine discussion into teenage squabbles.
Some threads are lighthearted and so more free for all ripostes are entirely appropriate and fun.
I find it frustrating when some posters seem to look out for opportunities to be deliberately disruptive on threads that set out as more serious. One of the reasons I post less & less.

In my case, less about self-control, Rufus, and more about my inability to be concise, I think.

(Though obviously, once a box of chocs has been opened, the rest are just begging to be eaten .... )

generally start out naively imagining that my post will only be short
MamaCruz It's known as self control!
A bit like someone who can't do one, opens a new box of choccies for a chocolate and finishes up demolishing the lot!
The "Save" technique might help!

Trying.... Thank you! Couldn't seem to get it to work before but was obviously missing something.
I've only just learnt to do it too, Lollin.
The trick is to do it slowly. Touch, wait a second for so, drag then copy.
I think I was too impatient when I tried previously. And I'm using a stylus now, that helps.

Marydoll I had to laugh at myself too because I was interrupted twice so by the time I posted thank you with your name in bold, looking at the times at the top of each of my posts 11 minutes had passed ! Fortunately no one had posted in the meantime otherwise posters might have wondered why I was thanking you. And so it goes on

We do need to be tolerant of each other as one poster has said. And that includes those who get annoyed at people who post not previewing and clearing up their typos too - another thread!

I'm now laughing to myself, that by not using the quote facility and forgetting to address Lollin, my post is out of sync and I'm also unsure to whom biba is addressing her quote.

I hope it's not me!

Own goal there springychicken

You are welcome! It does take a bit of practice, but if my useless hands can master it, anyone can.

Please may I refer back to the opening post, where I said that it is very useful when referring back to a comment made "upstream" so to speak, as it definitely helps to give context to the reply.

But it's when it's overused, i.e. to acknowledge every single comment made, it just isn't necessary and can actually make threads harder to read.

absolute nonsense.

marydoll thank you

does work on a tablet. I start at the end of the words /phrase I want to quote, drag my finger along to the beginning of the phrase and then a menu pops up, with copy etc. Choose copy, go to where you want to insert the quote and press hard and the menu with paste appears. It takes seconds.

Trying.... Thank you! Couldn't seem to get it to work before but was obviously missing something. My only problem now is I cannot recall who gave me the instructions to thank them. I'll have to concentrate more

I guess we're all different, but I thought the thread was quite interesting in some of the helpful suggestions it raised.

SpringyChicken

It's a pity this thread was ever started. We ALL need to be tolerant of other people's ways of doing things.

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I agree seacliff. My point was that in general conversation we probably let 70% of what is said slide into insignificance. We respond to a small segment.
What I object to is someone's entire quote being branded stupid, just because of who they are, when there might be a good point or two within it. That's where the relevant italics make more sense.

If there is loads of copied text I just leave the thread, it puts me right off. You have to trawl through all that repeated text, and then maybe there is a sentence or two added at the bottom.

So much easier to just copy and paste one relevant sentence and make it italic.

It's a pity this thread was ever started. We ALL need to be tolerant of other people's ways of doing things.

welbeck 00.24
I agree.

Rufus

Good advice, and I sometimes do what you mention for 'serious' conversations elsewhere (such as LiveChat with a utility company), but here on Gransnet, I generally start out naively imagining that my post will only be short. You'd think I'd know by now that I rarely manage to do short!

Occasionally, I do keep highlighting and saving what I have written every so often, just in case, but more often than not, it doesn't cross my mind until it's too late and I've lost it all again. Plus, by doing that, I increase the risk of hitting the wrong button again and losing it that way
Careless, or what!

Yes - it's a normal paragraph space. Am I the only one with this problem?