# Can't reply more than 2 times in thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 10, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625 "2020-10-10T12:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/1 "2020-10-10T12:16:00Z")
Another Botticelli thread mishap: I’m wanting to reply to 4 separate Dopers, but Discourse isn’t letting me make more than 2 replies. The warning flag says I have to wait for someone to reply to me first. How do I fix this? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/2 "2020-10-10T13:02:16Z")
Is this true? Let’s see. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/3 "2020-10-10T13:02:32Z")
OK, this is my second reply ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/4 "2020-10-10T13:02:47Z")
And this, my third… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/5 "2020-10-10T13:13:51Z")
IME Discourse is _suggesting_ you not keep replying. You’re under no obligation to listen to those suggestions. Just ignore the message or click the close-X to make it go away. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/6 "2020-10-10T13:16:26Z")
Nope, told me I had to wait for someone else to post. I tried banging through, but couldn’t ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/7 "2020-10-10T13:23:04Z")
Reply to the first poster, then enter a new line. Go to the second poster’s post and select the portion you want to quote, Discourse will prompt you to Quote it. A grey box with white text showing "Quote. Click Quote. Reply to this quote. Go to the third poster’s post and select the portion you want to quote, click quote and reply. etc. * * * _Not exactly what you’re looking for a work around that should work for the same basic results._ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/8 "2020-10-10T13:32:44Z")
**What\_Exit** nails it. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/9 "2020-10-10T13:37:37Z")
I saw this topic (_Can’t reply more than 2 times in thread_.) in the list of Latest Posts, and thought, “Awright, now that’s a different kind of Thread Games concept.” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/10 "2020-10-20T00:54:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Reply to the first poster, then enter a new line. > > Go to the second poster’s post and select the portion you want to quote, . . . Better solution than none, but not a good solution. A poster, making a post, typically has a point to make. Responding to several different posts making several different points, but responding all in one post, turns your post into a hodge-podge. If it helps make your point to respond to several earlier posts all in one post, that’s fine. But responding to multiple earlier points with several points of your own all in one post just dilutes your message. But given that you have to do this (ugh), you can at least separate your points a little bit. Put an empty line followed by a line of three hyphens in a row like this: * * * and you get a (not very prominent) horizontal line across your post. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-reply-more-than-2-times-in-thread/922625/11 "2020-10-20T13:03:30Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Better solution than none, but not a good solution. > > A poster, making a post, typically has a point to make. Responding to several different posts making several different points, but responding all in one post, turns your post into a hodge-podge. Is this happening anywhere other than in Thread Games?