My issue is often that without the little indicator, I don’t know if the person is replying to the previous post or or replying in general, but maybe they’re going off on a bit of a tangent based on what I said.
It creates a lot of ‘is that directed at me?’ type posts.
@codinghorror many of the issues we’ve brought up are met with some resistance from you, which is understandable and not a problem. But telling us that we’re in the wrong and that somehow learning how to do things your way will serve us both on and off line comes off as a bit condescending.
Don’t be shy, tell us, because we don’t know.
Unless there’s some good reason, highlighting the entire post and hitting quote vs hitting reply and then quoting the entire post should do the same thing, whether you’re doing this to the previous post or a post up further. For them to do otherwise, would generally be considered a bug that needs fixing.