Please use the REPLY button? :,(

Its there for a reason... :bnghd:

Obviously most people know this... so this is more of a plea to the newer members rather then a rant...

Though it always seems to hit me as a facepalm moment when I see this happen...

Without pressing that sweet little button, it looks like you're speaking to everyone in the thread...

And IF said thread is 150 pages long... its just confusing

Heres another great reason to use reply...

Go into your messages and you will see Every single person that pressed that button to speak with you!!



SO...

quick recap....

USE THE DAMN REPLY BUTTON!!

Please!?!?

Thanks...

No, you mean the Reply-To button...

reply to post by PurpleVortex


I stand corrected...

And you didn't use it...

ugh... I just set myself up for a wave of ATS heretics...

Damn you all...

pet peeve away lmao

I will not saying who that is directed to

Originally posted by Akragon
Its there for a reason... :bnghd:

Obviously most people know this... so this is more of a plea to the newer members rather then a rant...

And why not the Quote button??? :bnghd:

Peace

reply to post by Akragon

I thought you meant, and I would like to add;
"Use the reply button rather than the quote button, unless you really need to remind people which sentence you're responding to".
There is no need to quote every blessed word of the other poster in your reply, especially if that includes every word of the post that poster was responding to, and so on ad infinitum.

Edit; This was not a response to the person just above, even though he demonstrates the point.

I'd like to see two more buttons on here - the PFFFT button and the Bernard Shnitzel button.

You're right

Yes.. you

Originally posted by DISRAELI
reply to post by Akragon

 

Edit; This was not a response to the person just above, even though he demonstrates the point.

It kind of makes sense that I quote the bit that you reference the "poster above", which can be anyone above me, however demonstrates the importance of quoting replies to address specific replies.

Peace

Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by PurpleVortex

 

I stand corrected...

And you didn't use it...

ugh... I just set myself up for a wave of ATS heretics...

Damn you all...

edit on 5-3-2013 by Akragon because: (no reason given)

I didn't have to use it since I knew I was going to be the first one to comment you

DOuble
post

Originally posted by Akragon
Go into your messages and you will see Every single person that pressed that button to speak with you!!

Wow... I been here like... 8yrs or something and I never knew that was there.

dude, your a legend!

Originally posted by Agit8dChop

Originally posted by Akragon
Go into your messages and you will see Every single person that pressed that button to speak with you!!

Wow... I been here like... 8yrs or something and I never knew that was there.

dude, your a legend!

LOL...

better take a look my friend... You have a lot of catching up to do...

8 years worth..

I wonder who likes to read 150 pages threads

And IF said thread is 150 pages long... its just confusing

...unthinkable self inflicted pain. Like those personal experience wall of text posts.

Hey !.....I'm talking to you.

Originally posted by Trueman
I wonder who likes to read 150 pages threads

And IF said thread is 150 pages long... its just confusing

...unthinkable self inflicted pain. Like those personal experience wall of text posts.

religious arguments require it sometimes...

its all about the pain!

Hey !.....I'm talking to you.

I even said please...

Originally posted by Akragon
religious arguments require it sometimes...

its all about the pain!

edit on 5-3-2013 by Akragon because: (no reason given)

....And probably religious arguments are those with more threads than anything else here.

Silver medal for alien bones NASA Mars photos.

I salute the remarkable patience of the mods..... modern days saints practicing unsalaried auto flagellation.

reply to post by Akragon


Silent post (just to click that one)...

Originally posted by davespanners
You're right

Yes.. you

I know,....thank you.

hahaha It's a smart alec festival!! Love those. Fine ATS tradition and yeah I'm talkin' to you! To keep the OP from busting a vein, I agree it helps with confusion, but I can still find plenty anyway

reply to post by Akragon

I've noticed this recently myself. I went to an old thread and found a reply to me, but not using the "reply to" button. So I never knew the reply existed.

I also love those "just posting so I can find this later" posts. The "subscribe" button works wonders folks.