Problem with posting in an existing thread

Welcome Chrissy if you want to add a comment go to the bottom of the thread and you ll see a box saying ‘add your comment here’ write in that box then go a little lower and press ‘post message’
Give it a go and it should work fine

Chrissy, welcome!

Underneath the last post, will be a text box. Add your comment in it and then click on preview to check you are happy with your post.
Then click Post. Good luck! ?

Crossed posts Bluebelle ?

At the bottom of each thread the last page there is a white box with your user name. Add your message in the box. Below is a purple box 'post a message' click on that and your message will be added to the thread. Hope this makes sense.

Thank you for the replies (hopefully this will end up in the right place). What about if I want to reply in a conversation where a member has answered posts by several different members ? Sorry I can’t think how to explain it properly.

You can’t do that Chrissy on this site. You can on FB but not here. You comment just has to join the queue at the bottom of the page!

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. Feel free to try it on my post if you wish.

It’s all a bit primitive as we are regarded as old and a bit Gaga. Also we are not to be trusted with even basic ?? If ?? buttons either.

Welcome ChrissyR, unfortunately your post will always appear in chronological order on the thread, rather than directly below a comment you wish to reply to. Makes conversation difficult sometimes!

You can only respond in the text box after the last comment, so it's best to address the poster by name.
The best way is by using * at either end of their name, with no spaces.

PS best stick to face book where you can’t unfriend people who get on your wick!

You can only do it the one way you have had explained to you and the way you have managed you can’t answer individuals
Yes furret is right they don’t think Grans can manage Techno but some grand are more techno that the ones gransnet use ?

By golly, that was clever, Marydoll!

It’s all a bit primitive as we are regarded as old and a bit Gaga. Also we are not to be trusted with even basic ?? If ?? buttons either.

? because we're grey haired old grannies ?

They forget our generation invented computers and that Sir Tim Berners Lee is 65 ?

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Thanks everyone, much appreciated ?

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

Notifications? News to me ?

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.

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.

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...

...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!

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.

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!

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".

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.

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