# Quote of a quote

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Embedded quotes have never happened automatically.

Actually, they did for a while, but I don’t remember the exact circumstances or time period.

Here’s a 2004 post that indirectly confirms this (underlining added).

> [@REPORT BAD POST button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-bad-post-button/252055/2):
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> No person sees the button on any of his or her own posts. In other words, you’re not alone. This is a “feature” new to the current version of vBulletin, like the lack of nested quotes.

But as you said, the relatively new multiquote feature is a workable substitute.

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