# How do I quote someone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [November 23, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069 "2025-11-23T19:39:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069/21 "2026-08-06T12:41:57Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> A weird design choice, to be sure.

Testing

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**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069/22 "2026-08-06T13:37:10Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> Testing

Testing testing

ETA: It seems to be “fixed”.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069/23 "2026-08-11T17:30:50Z")

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Pretty sure there is an arrow that takes you to the post being replied to if it is (1) not quoted and (2) not the immediately preceding post. See the gray arrow next to the coffee cop (avatar) in my post?

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069/24 "2026-08-11T19:53:56Z")

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> [@ASL\_v2.0](#):
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> Pretty sure there is an arrow that takes you to the post being replied to if it is (1) not quoted and (2) not the immediately preceding post.

But that’s what we’re referring to - the post immediately following the post it’s quoting. You can’t always tell if it’s replying to the preceding post or to the OP. .

> [@pulykamell](#):
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> I mean, you can say “just use context,” but I know I’ve run across posts where I couldn’t tell if the post was a reply to the OP or the preceding post.

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-someone/1025069/25 "2026-08-12T00:00:11Z")

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Test. Huh. That was a reply to the OP, btw.

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