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What Do Most Posters Do?

Rexedgar said:
As I surf through threads "of interest", I usually reply to a post that moves me one way or another right after reading that post. More than once, I will hit 'reply' and see one or more posts are along the same thought line. If I read the thread in it's entirety, it's very difficult to remember/find the earlier post that I wanted to reply to. How do you do it?
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I just reply to the first post I wish to respond to, and then I click the return arrow on the quoted post to resume scrolling. If I find several posts of the same line, I sometimes C&P them and then add them to the post I put down earlier.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
How did I not know about that? So much time wasted the past few years copying and pasting when I didn’t need to. Oh well, now I know.
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Just be sure to reset the multi-quote option unless you leave the thread, because it persists. So, you'll end up inadvertently dragging those quotes into your next posted reply.
 
calamity said:
Just be sure to reset the multi-quote option unless you leave the thread, because it persists. So, you'll end up inadvertently dragging those quotes into your next posted reply.
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I don't think it drags across threads, but if one goes back and quotes another post, they'll appear.
 
Eco's helpful hint #248

Advanced Search.

1. Default setting at heading, 'Search multiple content types' produces nonsense, click 'Search single content type'.
2. keyword and/or username.
3. Show results as: Posts (not default Threads), a toggle choice.
 
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Rexedgar said:
As I surf through threads "of interest", I usually reply to a post that moves me one way or another right after reading that post. More than once, I will hit 'reply' and see one or more posts are along the same thought line. If I read the thread in it's entirety, it's very difficult to remember/find the earlier post that I wanted to reply to. How do you do it?
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I always write the post # down. But ecofarm has an excellent suggestion: I wish I knew keyboard codes like that.
 
I read the OP, and maybe one page of responses, and if I want to reply, I then will read one page or so from the most recent end, and pick up there. Only on subjects I'm interested in at that particular moment. I'm very capricious.
 
Rexedgar said:
As I surf through threads "of interest", I usually reply to a post that moves me one way or another right after reading that post. More than once, I will hit 'reply' and see one or more posts are along the same thought line. If I read the thread in it's entirety, it's very difficult to remember/find the earlier post that I wanted to reply to. How do you do it?
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I right click on the Reply With Quote button and open it in another tab.
 
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