# Why can't I multi-quote in a post?

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**Created:** [December 8, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-multi-quote-in-a-post/520425 "2009-12-08T09:20:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-multi-quote-in-a-post/520425/20 "2009-12-08T10:49:43Z")

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> [@Stink Fish Pot](#):
>
> Here’s the other thing…
> 
> Nested quotes are indented. Am I just imagining this, or does everyone that does this on the board do this manually?
> 
> I can’t believe that this is a manual process for everyone. And like I said, I do remember having this function at some time in the past.
> 
> of course, I could be imagining it.

I do it manually. It’s not that big a deal if people use the defaults.\* But if a post has multiple quotes in it, it is definitely a huge pain.

I believe it is something that had to be deliberately disabled. It works properly in Instant Messages.

\*You use multiquote, and move the tags a bit. With firefox, you can just highlight and drag the quote into place. [noparse]

> [@personA](#):
>
> blah blah blah

> [@personB](#):
>
> blah blah blah

becomes

> [@personA](#):
>
> > [@personB](#):
> >
> > blah blah blah
> 
> blah blah blah

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