# Nested Quotes not showing up? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 10, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-quotes-not-showing-up/485200 "2009-02-10T11:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-quotes-not-showing-up/485200/1 "2009-02-10T11:41:32Z")
I’m sure it’s obvious and I’m just missing it, but when I quote someone’s post that has a quote in it, the nested quote doesn’t show up in _my_ post. For example, if their post looks like: > [@person they're quoting](#): > > blah blah blah GINGER blah blah blah Yeah, I totally agree, person I’m quoting. * * * and I quote them, it’ll come up as > [@person I'm quoting](#): > > Yeah, I totally agree, person I’m quoting. I can’t figure out how to make it look like > [@person I'm quoting](#): > > > [@person they're quoting](#): > > > > blah blah blah GINGER blah blah blah > > Yeah, I totally agree, person I’m quoting. Without manually copying and pasting the quote in their post. I’ve tried picking the “quote” button, I’ve tried picking the button with the little plus sign on it THEN the “Post reply” button at the bottom, but neither works. I’m sure it’s just a setting somewhere that I’m missing, or something perfectly obvious that I’m doing wrong, but…help? Please? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-quotes-not-showing-up/485200/2 "2009-02-10T12:10:16Z")
My understanding is that you have to manually nest quotes. In my experience, whenever I’ve replied to a quoted post, the original quote is lost.