I'd just like to point out, regarding this:
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Originally Posted by HarryT
True, but if one doesn't specifically quote a post, it's a safe assumption that it's a reply to the post immediately preceding it.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
That assumption cannot always be made. If I do that to the last post and someone comes along and gets in a post before I do than my post is not a reply to the post directly before mine.
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Regardless of whatever we happen to be discussing
ontopic, offtopic, whatever -- JSWolf is absolutely correct, and I can think of at least a dozen times when failing to quote someone when replying has come to bite me in a miscommunication. (Usually a benevolent confusion, though...)
Of course I can think of more if I include other people.
If there is any chance that your post should only be considered a reply to specific people, it is always a
really good idea to be careful and explicitly quote or "@
user" people... just in case.
Something which I still often fail to do.
cc my fellow commiserator, @BetterRed 