# New Forum Software - Guess who is the poster child for why things should change?

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**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-software-guess-who-is-the-poster-child-for-why-things-should-change/649429 "2013-02-05T23:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-software-guess-who-is-the-poster-child-for-why-things-should-change/649429/42 "2013-02-07T09:32:21Z")

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> [@Can we build better forum software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-build-better-forum-software/615723/37):
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> Consider basic mechanics like quote replying. How does this forum make it easy for me to quote reply in the editor. Are replies linked to the original posts? Are original posts linked to the replies? **Would you _even be notified at all_ if I quoted you? Or mentioned your forum username in passing?**

From the other thread by **codinghorror** , Bold mine. This is actually something I started an ATMB thread about. It would be incredibly useful to know if someone quotes you in a reply. In the ATMB thread, there was a suggestion that Google alerts may be able to accomplish it, but testing showed that they can’t (yes,yes or that the people testing were doing it wrong)

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