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  1. 01-Dec-2006 #1
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    Auto merge of replies.....

    how come if you answer two seperate replies in a thread they get automatically merged into one answer.

    I have tried responding to seperate people in the same thread with two totally different subject matters but they always get merged.

    Pretty confusing.
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  2. 01-Dec-2006 #2
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    It's an anti-spamming measure to stop people from just posting a shedload of posts like they used to be able to.
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  3. 01-Dec-2006 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    It's an anti-spamming measure to stop people from just posting a shedload of posts like they used to be able to.
    I understand your answer but......

    Say there is a thread about a certain movie and one person likes it and you want to answer them and agree that you like the movie....and another person hates the movie and you want to make a few valid points to discuss why it is a good movie.

    When you attempt to answer both opinions it gets all mashed up together in one post with two different quotes and two different discussions.

    It is very confusing and I certainly do not want to waste the time trying to follow threads and discussions that interweave and fall all over each other.

    Just because something is, does not mean it works!
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  4. 01-Dec-2006 #4
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    to stop people bumping their own topics and to stop spamming in one move, the forums will not allow you to reply to your own posts.

    i dont find it confusing when quote boxes seperate 2 different paragraphs at all.
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  5. 01-Dec-2006 #5
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    Indeed, I don't find it confused, only briefly at the beginning was I slightly "huh?" but then I got into it.

    If you're responding to more than one person's posts - simple, address one point by writing the person's name, e.g.:

    Andy - (followed by point made)

    And then the same again for the next person/people.

    Also, even if they are automerged, the people who you are responding to - even if in two separate parts of the thread - will both/all get to see the response, because:

    1) they'll be checking through manually
    2) if they've opted to receive it, they'll be "subscribed" to the thread and will receive email response taking them to the new posts
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    I found it confusing to start with, but as long as you "quote" the thread or thing you're replying to - which is to be recommended really - then it's all quite clear
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  7. 01-Dec-2006 #7
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    Doesn't confuse me in the slightest. I would rather send one long post addressing two different quotes than reply with a couple of smaller ones. It is tidier also.
    Last edited by capncnut; 01-Dec-2006 at 11:52 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CapnKnut View Post
    Doesn't confuse me in the slightest. I would rather send one long post addressing two different quotes than reply with a couple of smaller ones. It is tidier also.
    To each their own I guess.

    I would rather follow a discussion to its conclusion rather than jump around.

    But hey......it is what it is.

    I was curious as to why...and now I have an answer....thanks to all that replied.
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  9. 02-Dec-2006 #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by GRMonLI View Post
    To each their own I guess.

    I would rather follow a discussion to its conclusion rather than jump around.

    But hey......it is what it is.

    I was curious as to why...and now I have an answer....thanks to all that replied.
    If you reply to someone's comment, you really should quote them to clarify who/what you are refering to...

    Now, if you are replying for example to two people, be it this is in two seperate posts, or as one, the effect is exactly the same, bar a tiny bit of displaying (ie: basically a horizontal bar across between the two replies or not).
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  10. 02-Dec-2006 #10
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    No need to quote unless you're clearly responding to someone - or if you put them name thusly:

    Neil - [insert comment]

    GRMonLI - [insert another comment]

    Or, if responding to a specific part of a post, copy that part and paste it in, it is rather annoying (at least I find it to be) when people quote an entire post by someone else, especially when it's not actually necessary or the quoted post is anywhere beyond low-end-medium-ish length.

    lol ... I know I know, gripe gripe gripe - but I am a Scot, we've all got a bit of dour-git in our blood.
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  11. 05-Dec-2006 #11
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    I thought this was what the multi-quote function was designed for? To eliminate the confusion of replying to two seperate topics in one posting?
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