I’ve used many Discourse forums, and even been a moderator. I notice on this one that, at least while using Firefox for Android, clicking Reply on a specific post within a thread very frequently does not apply the post as a reply properly. It simply posts it as a general reply to the thread without maintaining the continuity of the conversation.
It’s very strange as it looks like it will often appear it’s posting as a reply while I’m writing it (I see the “replying to”), but then drops the attribution/link when I post.
It doesn’t back-link to the comment I’m directly replying to. And possibly does not notify the poster of the direct reply?
Am I doing something wrong here? Or is Discourse possibly misconfigured or out of date?
I see. The feature where it automatically drops the link when replying to the last post would explain it. Thank you.
This must be an optional Discourse setting. This is the only forum where I see this behavior, and it’s as you describe.
Personally, I find it a little confusing since even when it’s the last post, it isn’t always obvious if the intention was a specific reply, or to the general conversation.
Might I humbly request an administrator consider changing this setting, to always show the intended reply? I would suggest it can be helpful for interpreting the conversation.
I would suggest it can be helpful for interpreting the conversation.
