The new Reply feature is really bad. But I have an idea.

Many of us that know of this place have already let our displeasure be heard, the new reply feature is not a good feature at all. At least if the higher ups kept the Quote feature we'd have an alternative then we would have an option. But not anymore by the looks of it. And if we have to have just one of the 2 I thought I could make my voice be heard as to what could be better. For one, really the only good part of the reply is that you can click on it to take you back to the original message. That's good but how short the confined message is, as well as the fact you can't delete parts of it to center in on something specific makes it horrible for answering to a specific point. Plus the bigger hussle of tags whether it be tagging the poster, no tags, or tagging multiple people to prove your point. I've therefore made this mockup to try and show what I believe would be the best look for replies, in which if a post being replied to is more than 2 lines long, you can click a read more button to open it up full too. If you guys agree or disagree in any way or wants to give me more feedback don't hesitate to lemme know. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/744804047583707157/779292091998142464/unknown.png

Voverė

20 November 2020 12:39

Your solution kind of confuses me. I don't immediately understand which part is the message replied to, which part is the reply itself. It looks like you took the original Quote system above and the new reply system in the middle and then some text below. Which of the 3 parts is which? Is the bottom part a response or a new message altogether? Is the middle part the message replied to or a reply?

I'm assuming the top part is the message replied to, the middle part is the reply and the bottom part is an unrelated message. Even if I'm right, it took me a while to figure it out and even now I'm not 100% sure if I understood it correctly. That's maybe due to the fact that you chose a layout that immediately makes me associate both the top part and the middle part as messages being responded to.

Also, I don't entirely understand whether your idea allows quote editing and other things.

From what I can see in general, is that the simplest solution right now would be to allow both replies and quotes coexist. Replies could be updated and improved in the future and if they improve to the point that quotes are no longer necessary, quotes could be removed then. But as of right now, the few improvements that replies provide do NOT justify the removal of quotes.

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