# Feature request (about quotes)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feature-request-about-quotes/940308
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feature-request-about-quotes/940308 "2021-04-19T15:06:49Z")
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### Author: ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feature-request-about-quotes/940308/3 "2021-04-26T16:31:24Z")

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So far as I can tell (or at least with the Vincent theme). Here’s a post of mine. The first time, I just linked to the post, the second time I highlighted the entire post, hit ‘reply’ and then grabbed the quote from the reply box (and then cancelled the reply). The first one has only my avatar, the second one begins with Joey\_P and doesn’t have an avatar.

> [@What’s the oldest computer you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-oldest-computer-you-own/940648/3):
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> Depends on how you look at it. I have a laptop that I bought probably 4 or 5 years ago. But I also have a full size PC that I built back in college (around 2000ish). Over the years it was upgraded with new hard drives, OS, memory, video cards etc. Nothing special, just kept it up to date. I stopped using it maybe 10 years ago and slowly scrapped it for parts to be used in other computers. I finally tossed it a few weeks ago when I realized that it has no power supply and all the hard drives are …

> [@What’s the oldest computer you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-oldest-computer-you-own/940648/3):
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> Depends on how you look at it. I have a laptop that I bought probably 4 or 5 years ago. But I also have a full size PC that I built back in college (around 2000ish). Over the years it was upgraded with new hard drives, OS, memory, video cards etc. Nothing special, just kept it up to date. I stopped using it maybe 10 years ago and slowly scrapped it for parts to be used in other computers. I finally tossed it a few weeks ago when I realized that it has no power supply and all the hard drives are on a shelf…somewhere, it wasn’t even really operational at this point.  
> Though I did like it. When I got it, I spent hours cutting a hole in the side of the case, mounting a plexiglass window in it and adding a bunch of LEDs. It looked pretty good and this was loong before I’d ever seen one you could buy like that.

This appears to only be an issue when linking to a post in a different thread. When I linked to your post the two different ways, it showed your username (and avatar) both times. I’m also noticing that when you link to a post, you get the link back to the original post, when you quote it, it doesn’t happen.

Where I tend to notice this issue the post is in threads with lots of links/quotes to other threads. Never have any idea who’s being quoted unless you’re told or you click on it to go to the other thread.

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