topic Re: Repetition in posts..need help in Community Chat

Repetition in posts..need help

elruth — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 00:39:32 GMT

In every category, it seems the same post is repeated. Other posters either quote it or for some reason a post appears multiple times. Often I have to scroll down the page before a new and different post appears. Am I doing something wrong? Is there any way I can just read new and different posts that were added to the original post? In other words what I am trying to say is ...when I read one poster's post, the replies seem to always include the original post and it is repeated several times.

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

esmerelda — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:27:23 GMT

I think it may be a situation where people are quoting the posters ahead of them.

Don't worry about it.

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

esmerelda — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:27:54 GMT

On 2/15/2014 esmerelda said:
I think it may be a situation where people are quoting the posters ahead of them.

Don't worry about it.

Like this...over and over again.

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

PatsyCline — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:29:15 GMT

Esmerelda's right. (-:

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

PatsyCline — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:30:33 GMT

On 2/15/2014 esmerelda said:
On 2/15/2014 esmerelda said:
I think it may be a situation where people are quoting the posters ahead of them.

Don't worry about it.

Like this...over and over again.

And like this. :-)

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

PurpleBunny — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 04:37:06 GMT

Posts are repeated so people will know exactly which post they are responding to. Otherwise, because a thread moves so fast, posts get confused.

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

Linders Back — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 04:54:52 GMT

Yep.

(If that was how I replied in a thread that had many opposing opinions, without quoting the one I was actually agreeing with, it would be very confusing).

Just look for what is not in a box. That is the new information.

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

hckynut — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 07:22:43 GMT

On 2/15/2014 elruth said:
In every category, it seems the same post is repeated. Other posters either quote it or for some reason a post appears multiple times. Often I have to scroll down the page before a new and different post appears. Am I doing something wrong? Is there any way I can just read new and different posts that were added to the original post? In other words what I am trying to say is ...when I read one poster's post, the replies seem to always include the original post and it is repeated several times.

Hi elruth,

I don't read any posts that have more than 2 "quotes" in them. If I reply to with a "quote" such as yours above, it will be the only one you see. I ain't into guessing who is saying what to whom when you get 10-15-20 "quotes", don't make sense to me. I've mentioned this several times in some of the longer "quoted" posts, but it fell mostly on deaf ears/eyes.

It takes very little to leave in only the person to which you are quoting and replying. One can highlight and "Backspace to delete/hit the Delete key" to remove all the quotes but the one to which they are responding. Guess some just don't want to take a few seconds to do this and those are the ones that I pass on reading even on topics I would normally reply.

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

Wild Cherry — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:48:42 GMT

No there is no way for you to eliminate the previous posts. It remains up to the original commenter to delete all the quotes except the one he or she is commenting to in his post and most people seem to not know how to do that or are just too dang lazy!

Re: Repetition in posts..need help

Wild Cherry — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:49:20 GMT

On 2/15/2014 PatsyCline said:
And like this. :-)

You can delete the previous post like this.