I have a question: why do the forum posts now show the comments from another poster in the "reply" section? I was wondering if respondents are copying and pasting these previous comments on purpose, or whether they just "show up"? I notice it is not happening on all posts, and some have replies in a box, also sometimes with reply comments from others. I don't remember seeing this sort of format in the old forum area, but I had only joined up a couple of weeks ago and was not that familiar with the old forum site, so maybe I am mistaken. I am having a harder time reading the forum posts because I am having to read through the other posts to get to the respondent's commeents. Is this just me or is this aggravating to others?

Also, on the old forum, there was a place to mark a section for an alert e-mail when there was a reply to a post. I don't see that now. I thought that was a convenient feature if there was a topic you wanted to track without looking at the others and if you just wanted to hop over to the site for a quick read. Am I missing something?

jobydog wrote:

dbmaine, No, what I meant by the "reply" section is not when you actually reply to a post. What I was referring to was reading replies to posts. On a lot of the responses, the original post will be on the reply, and you have to read all the way down through it, or at least until you realize that this was the previous post itself, then you scan to the bottom and see the actual reply itself. But I noticed on the reply to my "dumb question" post that this did not happen, all I saw was your actual reply. So I assume that people are just clarifying what they are replying to by copying and pasting the original into reply to that particular thread. So I guess mine really was a dumb question! I do see what you are talking about at the bottom. I'll try it out. Thanks for the help. This new forum just takes a little getting used to.

Oh, I see what you mean!  It's because they are hitting the quote button instead of the reply button on the post. 

The forum does take some getting used to!

jobydog wrote:

dbmaine56 wrote:  jobydog wrote: dbmaine, No, what I meant by the "reply" section is not when you actually reply to a post. What I was referring to was reading replies to posts. On a lot of the responses, the original post will be on the reply, and you have to read all the way down through it, or at least until you realize that this was the previous post itself, then you scan to the bottom and see the actual reply itself. But I noticed on the reply to my "dumb question" post that this did not happen, all I saw was your actual reply. So I assume that people are just clarifying what they are replying to by copying and pasting the original into reply to that particular thread. So I guess mine really was a dumb question! I do see what you are talking about at the bottom. I'll try it out. Thanks for the help. This new forum just takes a little getting used to.       Oh, I see what you mean!  It's because they are hitting the quote button instead of the reply button on the post.  The forum does take some getting used to!   I did it, too! I see what you mean. Mystery solved...Thanks, this was just buggin' me. Now, at least, even though I don't like it, at least I understand it! Thanks! -joby the dummie

This is kind of like the picture of the person looking at a picture of a person looking at a picture of a person looking at a picture of a person looking at a picture....and on and on...we have found infinity here! Hey, I think I see a new planet...

dbmaine56 wrote:

joby, you made my day... LOL  fell off chair, rolling on floor, cats looking at me funny....

I love making peoples' days, because I do it so infrequently!

Joby,

Are your posts really a cry for help, of a different sort??  I'm all for self-deprecating humour, but don't overdo it!  In one small thread, you've not only referred to yourself as "dumb" numerous times, you've also said "I love making peoples' days, because I do it so infrequently" ... I hope your next thread involves you telling us something positive about yourself...

Cheers,

RW