topic Re: Why are questions repeated down a page??? in Community Chat

Why are questions repeated down a page???

Ringer2 — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:10:22 GMT

Does anyone know why and more importantly, how to get rid of the repeats????

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

Bird mama — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:13:48 GMT

Ringer it's your preferences. Under DISPLAY, check Linear Layout and see if that helps.

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

dooBdoo — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:30:14 GMT

I agree with @Bird mama.

It's probably happening because:

Either:

1 -- You changed your display settings to "List by topics."

To correct it, go into "My Settings."

In "Preferences" under "Preference Options" choose "Display."

In "Format for displaying posts" check the box next to "Linear format" instead of "List by topics."

Be sure to scroll down and click SAVE.

2 -- You chose "List by topics" after clicking on a forum.

Just above the list of threads, after selecting a forum, look to the immediate right of the words NEW MESSAGE.

You'll see the word "Options" with a tiny down-arrow to the right of the word.

When you click the down-arrow, if you select "List by topics" you'll see what you described. You can toggle back to "Linear format" and it should return to a more orderly list of threads.

I think one of those 2 things will clear up the problem.

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

Dorothy11 — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:40:09 GMT

Thanks for the directions, however this does not change the formatting that is driving me nuts. The original question is still posted at the top of each and every reply. This takes up a lt of space, and I really don't need to be reminded what the question is every 2 inches.

Why are the questions repeated down the page?

It gets annoying afer the first two.

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

NickNack1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:44:05 GMT

You may want to post this in the Suggestion Box. They said to post our questions re: the forum there, and they will get back to us. They've made quite a few changes because of our questions. The header repeated over each post does take up a lot of unnecessary room. I wish they would get rid of it, too.

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

Bird mama — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:48:41 GMT

Ohhhh that. You're talking about the quote. For example, my post states I like goats. You reply to my post and it looks like RE: I like goats. Is that what you are talking about.

That's just one of the components of the new forum.

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

Bird mama — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:58:24 GMT

I have a theory about why each post has it's own header (for lack of a better term). I could be way off target, but I'll tell you any way (wink).

Posters complained in the old forum when an entire thread was deleted because of a few bad comments.

I think, in the new form that when you reply to a post, especially if you quote any of the post you are responding to, and the post you are responding to violates standards, they can remove the original and your reply goes with it.

For example, one of my forum friends posted a pic in another thread of a real well known nun who had been on TV. The pic was not vulgar or ugly in anyway. I replied to the post and quoted it and made a comment.

When the moderator deleted my forum friends post for as potentially offensive, mine went right with it. I think the link between the two posts enabled the quick removal of a potentially offensive image.

Then again, what do I know?

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

SuiGeneris — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:32:32 GMT

dooBdoo is right.

Find your name in the upper right hand corner of each page [right next to Notifications]. Hold your cursor on your name until you see a drop down menu.

In that menu you will find "My Settings" listed directly under "Profile." Click on it.

In "My Settings" you will find a category called "Preferences."

When you click on Preferences, you will see "Preference Options" as a list. The first choice is "Display."

Click on Display. Your first choice in "Display Settings" is "Format for Displaying Posts."

Select "Linear Format," scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the "Save" button.

That should fix it.

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

goldensrbest — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:37:53 GMT

I hate this also, it just drives me nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

SuiGeneris — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:09:02 GMT

Oh, I get it now! Duh!

You all don't want the original title of the thread on each and every one of the responding posts. You think it adds to the clutter.

It's funny; until you all mentioned it, I hadn't even noticed it.

But, that's me. It takes a lot for me to be visually "overwhelmed" [for lack of a better word].

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

dooBdoo — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:23:32 GMT

Ah, then I see, too! We're talking about the thread topic appearing on every response.

I think I noticed a possible reason for that.

If we look at all our activity (or click on "Notifications"), and see the list of posts, the "Re: [fill in thread title here]" gives us a clear picture of which thread we were responding to. That helps us decide if we want to select it and go back to read or respond.

(Take a look at your activity page*, or look at your notifications to see what I'm referencing.)

So, essentlally, we have a "topic line" or "subject line" for each of our posts.

We have the option to edit this response-topic line, but if we make the "title" of our response 3 dots, or something else unrelated to the thread topic, it becomes a little confusing to look at our activity or notifications.

Not a big deal, but something I noticed.

(*How to find your recent activity: http://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/SIMILAR-TO-quot-MY-ACTIVITY-quot-FIND-ALL-PREVIOUS-POSTS/td-p/1867874)

Re: Why are questions repeated down a page???

newziesuzie — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:13:52 GMT

Good point DBD.👍