Problem with posting in an existing thread

Have you done something to annoy them at GNHQ, MawB?

Twenty minutes later I get another three.
Enough, already!
I have never had these before and realise it is a glitch, but a very annoying one!

I am never told via email that somebody has commented but 99% of the time I am told if somebody has PMed me which I do appreciate.

I'm not getting those messages, Maw, but then again I haven't had any PMs either!

I am being deluged with emails telling me “Somebody has commented on the thread” - what thread? Why should I need to know? My email inbox is groaning under the weight.
I have had to unsubscribe to any emails (which I assume will include PM’s) to stop this!

My tablet keeps switching between the desktop and mobile sites. It's driving me crazy.

I too remember when we received Notifications when someone commented on a thread we were already on. I have raised it with the GN IT team but they seem to have changed so no one knows what I'm on about. I was reassured to see some people remembered it.

ChrissyR

Thanks everyone. I’ve now started doing the username with asterisks when I reply to posts.

ChrissyR

I did notice that someone (nor a regular poster as far as I know) got quite annoyed when someone highlighted their name in a reply to their post!

But it is a usual way of addressing another poster.

Thanks everyone. I’ve now started doing the username with asterisks when I reply to posts.

Maybe not on mobile site JackyB.

Thank you as always Elegran I’ve been on GN several years and this is the first I ever I’ve used the add comment facility

(Sorry about multiple posts)

If you click on the little arrow at the top of the thread on the mobile site, it says "Add Post". Where does it say "Add Comment"?

Either way, all those commends do the same thing!

BTW, on my phone, it DOES say "Reply".

But do be specific as to which post you are replying to. Quote it if necessary, or at least give the person's name who wrote it.

It says at the bottom of the page that if you write @name you will be replying to that person directly but that simply does not work. On GN the custom is to use asterisks to make the name appear in bold type.

If the comment you want to reply to is halfway down a long page of posts, then without a comment button in sight, you would have to scroll right up to the top to post anything at all. With the "comment" button at every post, you don't have to do that.

It only confuses for a short time - you do very quickly get used to having your reply appear at the end of the conversation, not beside the post that triggered your response - and, to be honest, it doesn't say "Reply", it says "Add comment".

I've often wondered why there is an 'Add Comment' after every post. As has been said you cannot have your comment directly inserted under individual posts. I'm sure it confuses a lot of new members and it adds to confusion in the progress of long threads sometimes.

Get rid of it HQ!

A recent innovation is using the quote function. You can grab the remark you’d like to reply to and then add your comment underneath.

Not always useful if you're replying to a short comment in a long post. The 'quote' will reproduce the entire post, which is very tiresome as it doesn't make explicit which bit you're responding to. And, if people respond by 'quoting' your post with its embedded quote you can end up with massive quotes within quotes posts ?

I still prefer to copy and paste the relevant bit and italicise it (as above) Instructions for italicising and bolding are beneath the 'new message' box.
Tip. If you use those formatting symbols they only work if used immediately next to the word/s. No spaces. So, ^ italics ^ won't work.

...and now I’ve just answered my own question! Sorry folks. Pressing that took me straight to this box, though it didn’t while the message was half written. Well I know what I’m talking about!

Another interested lurker who occasionally wants to put her oar in here! Why is there an invitation to ‘Add comment’ along the bar from poster’s names? Is that not an invitation also? Gah! I thought I was fairly savvy...

You do get a notification when someone has sent you a private email. That notification contains a link to take you to your inbox, or you can see the inbox at any time by selecting the "Inbox" button at the top of each forum page.

I seem to remember something like that, when I first joined years ago. Then again I could have imagined it. ?

There have been so many changes over the years.

Notifications? News to me ?

Hi again everyone, I have another question. I was told that if I clicked on notifications, I would receive an email when someone posted in a particular thread. I’ve looked everywhere and can’t find it, I’m sure it’s staring me in the face. Grateful for any info

Thanks everyone, much appreciated ?