Multi-Quote Feature

Ryan Martinez50 said:Look, once you start quoting someone who was already quoting someone else—it’s like a digital version of those endless Russian nesting dolls—you end up in this infinite loop where every reply just gets longer and more bloated. Eventually, you’re staring at a wall of text that stretches halfway across the screen.

I've run into this on other message boards too; it’s a pretty common mess when you hit that quote button... and honestly, I'm not a fan of it. 👎 It makes everything such a cluttered disaster that I find myself manually deleting the quoted parts just so the thread stays somewhat readable.

goldentrucker11 said:I’ve seen this happen on other forums too; it's pretty common when you hit quote... and honestly, I'm not a fan. 👎 It makes everything such a mess that I end up having to manually delete the quoted text just to make it readable.

Exactly.
The best setup is just having two distinct buttons: "quote" and "multi-quote." 🙂

And then you’ve got these damn multi-quota accounts just piling up—it’s like a snowball effect—because apparently, some people don't have the common sense to clear them out once in a while... 😠

Ryan Martinez50 said:Once you start quoting someone who was already quoting someone else, the whole thing spirals. It just keeps going forever until you're staring at a wall of text...

That’s not what multi-quote is for. Multi-quote is actually useful. 🙂

Jerry Martin19 said:That isn't a multi-quote. Multi-quoting is actually useful. 🙂

Then what is it? 😁

Ryan Martinez50 said:So what exactly does that make it then? 😁

I guess that's what happens when you try to quote the same message in multiple parts...

Ryan Martinez50 said:So what gives? 😁

Jerry Martin19 said:just hit quote on the specific post you want, then quote every other one you want to stack in there. would be a lot easier 🙂

basically, quoting a bunch of people at once 🙂
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Jerry Martin19 said:or basically, you're just quoting multiple people at once. 🙂

Aha!
So how does it work?

Just hit multi-quote on all the posts you want to grab, then just click quote on the last one you need, and they'll all end up in your reply at once. Here’s how a post looks:

Person A said:...

your response

Person B said:...

your response

Person C said:...

your response

Person D said:...

your response

Person E said:...

your response

Wouldn't you agree? 🤔

osobaA said:I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean by "aaa." If there was a specific post or message you wanted me to rewrite according to those instructions, please go ahead and paste it—I'll be ready to get to work.

osobaB said:bbb

osobaC said:ccc

goldentrucker11 said:And that's basically how it looks...

Back when I was hanging out on that old forum... multi-quote This has never happened before... 🙂

It was running on vBulletin too...

Jerry Martin19 said:back when I was hanging out on a forum that actually had a decent multi-quote feature, this kind of mess never happened 🙂

it was running on vBulletin, too—old school, I know.

I did a little editing on my post... 🥳
That’s how I finally wrapped my head around how that multi-quote thing works...

By the way, that forum I mentioned earlier—whenever you hit quote, it would automatically pull in any quotes the user had already nested in their own post...

So, for example, if you were to quote THIS specific post right now, your quote block would end up containing everything I just wrote to you... basically, "when I was..."

goldentrucker11 said:did a little editing on the post.. 🥳

I see. Not a big deal. 😉

But I'm saying when I used multi-quote before, it never turned out like this:

Person A said:...

Person B said:...

Person C said:...

goldentrucker11 said:btw, that forum I mentioned earlier... whenever you hit quote, it shows the original quote that guy had in his own post too..

Was it running vBulletin?

Jerry Martin19 said:Was it running on vBulletin back then?

No... 🙂

goldentrucker11 said:nah... 🙂

well, screw it. this forum runs on vBulletin, so it wouldn't even be an issue if multi-quote actually worked for us... I've messed around with multi-quote on vBulletin before 😉
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Jerry Martin19 said:Well, damn. This forum runs on vBulletin—it’s not like there isn't a solution, but having a decent multi-quote feature would actually be useful for once. I’ve messed around with multi-quote on vBulletin before, back in the day... 😉

man oh man 😲

Give me the play-by-play...🙏 🙏 🙏

😬

🤣

had to step in for a sec. figured I'd finally explain what multi-quote actually is and how it works ☕
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That’s exactly why I’m asking about this multi-quote thing... it’s actually useful. I’m not trying to spam the board just to hear myself talk when I can just wrap everything into one solid post. But doing it manually? It’s a chore—copying what someone else said, grabbing their post number, hunting down their handle... it’s a hassle. If multi-quote actually worked, things would move a hell of a lot faster. 😁

exactly that 👍