# Quoting a post has changed. How do I quote posts?

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**Created:** [August 3, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-a-post-has-changed-how-do-i-quote-posts/1021642 "2025-08-03T01:56:48Z")\
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It’s happening to all 0f us. Starting here for the fix:

> [@Changes to post composition window in Discourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-to-post-composition-window-in-discourse/1021474):
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> While making some replies today, I noticed two changes in Discourse formatting for the post-composition window. One is that there is no longer a preview being automatically shown on the right-hand side of the composition window. The second one is that, when you quote another post in your reply, the quote formatting looks different (quoting one of my own posts, for illustrative purposes): [[Imgur] ](https://imgur.com/UV7FYrl) As you can see in the image above, when you…

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