Honestly, it sounds a bit more practical than having to individually go back and hit reply on every single thing. This is more agile, so to speak.
You can always scroll up when in the middle of composing, no need to pre-plan everything.
Anyway, up to you.
For me, that link is completely useless - it offers to post that post on Facebook or Twitter
Ah, OK. I don’t have either of those accounts hooked in here.
I don’t either ! regardless that’s what this button is offering me to do. Oh and also share it by email
And if I don’t find another post from that person to combine it with before I find another post that is addressed to me, I have to dump the quote and start over. That’s not viable solution. Raising the consecutive post limit resolves it completely. As I said before, the limit is intended to stop flooding, but as we all know, flooding can be addressed directly by the Mods if and when it occurs. I don’t understand why there is so much resistance to making a change. It serves all of us legitimate users equally and hurts no one. Why defend it?
Hey GW, if you’re still listening, what does that link button do?
this is the pop-up I get when I click it
I don’t hit reply on every single thing. I probably don’t reply to 95-98% of posts in a thread. And why should we have to plan ahead as to how we address posts in a thread just in the eventuality that nobody else will make a post before I have replied to five people? That is not how conversations work. Conversation is spontaneous. Having to follow a plan to compensate for something that usually does not happen is ridiculous.
Yeah, I get that, too, but I use it to post the link in the reply. It’s not as pretty as the balloon option, but it works.
There’s equal chance of someone else making a post (or multiple posts) either while if you’re using the multi-quote feature or while you’re in the middle of individually replying to each.
To me, multi-quote appears as a more spontaneous/easier option. You just highlight the posts you wish to reply to as you browse down and then reply to them in one post.
A lot less scrolling for yourself and others that are reading afterwards.
Yeah if you want a link that’ll do it. I thought we were talking about quoting, though.
Not for me … when I come on here, the forum has been active for a good 8 hours, and when I do most of my participation (evenings) a good many of you have already gone to bed.
Again … to do that one has to read everything first then go back to where you came in and begin posting replies. Unless that is, you are talking about combining the posts of all members who you wish to reply to in one big multi answer post. That just seem counter productive to a good discussion.
I sometimes use the link for the reply. You can also use it to quote multiple posts.
Yup that’s what i was talking about.
Well, no disrespect intended, but that is simply a ridiculous way to have a discussion.
Honestly I dont want to read 12 posts from you or anyone else in a row. It’s not personal it’s just better to have a limit.
The feeling are mutual (about your posts.) If you don’t want to read 6 or 7 or 10 of my or anyone else’s posts in a row, you don’t have to. But that is not the point. I just want to be able to complete going through all unread posts in a specific thread and respond to those addressed to me and to whichever other ones that I find appropriate to comment on without having to wait for someone else to wander into the thread and post to break up my string. How often are you here at 2 am? I am usually here about then, because for me, its only 10 pm.
When I was working overnights I was typically the only one here…there is a lull around 1 130 and then mole UK pops on around 430 am.
Displays a direct link to the post. Ex:
No, I don’t. That’s dangerous. Don’t drive and post. 
