How to prevent quotes in replies to posts

[Littlemarten]

I notice that every time I reply to a post, the post I'm replying to gets put into the reply. How do I prevent this, or truncate the quote to the specific item I'm addressing?

 

[urumomo]

I just post a reply without first hitting the " reply " button ,
Copy and paste whatever is relevant from whatever post you might be addressing when necessary .

It used to be possible to hit reply and then modify the quote down to what you need , and then post your response / comment but that seems to have stopped working that way and it strands you within that quote body .

 

[urumomo]

I notice that every time I reply to a post,

Oh ,
well , it appears to function normally again .
You can hit reply and then erase whatever you need to from the quote capture and then post your reply beneath

 

[urumomo]

Is it working that way on your end ?

 

[BarleyBop]

Is it working ?

Works for me! Thanks for the tip

 

[Littlemarten]

Oh ,
well , it appears to function normally again .

Yes, that works. When I first tried erasing part of the quote, I got trapped as you said. Now it doesn't.

Thanks to everyone who replied

 

[urumomo]

Hmmm ,
it must still be intermittently wacky .

 

[Littlemarten]

Hmmm ,
it must still be intermittently wacky .

Hey, it's the internutz …

 

[Jakko]

I notice that every time I reply to a post, the post I'm replying to gets put into the reply. How do I prevent this

You can reply without quoting by typing what you have to say into the text field at the bottom of the thread without pressing a Reply button.

or truncate the quote to the specific item I'm addressing?

Select the part of the message that you want to reply to. A popup appears that says "Reply". Click that and your reply will only include a quote of the text you selected.