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I recall old forums post have something like
it would be nice to also be able to create replies to those replies
I wonder what happened to that and I want this as a function. Doesn't sound like something that would require effort just to paste details into reply box, some tropers have userscripts for themselves that do that.
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup^ Very old forum posts, as in the ones dating back to 2007-2008? I believe that when Fast Eddie wrote the original code for the forums, it dumped the contents of the phpBB threads into a database (and that's why the quote markup is preserved).
Of course, that was a very, very long time ago (I joined 10 years after it all happened), so take my Wayback Machine-fueled research with a grain of salt.
Although there are top replies, it would be nice to also be able to create replies to those replies, even if it is as simple as having a "Quote/Reply" button automatically place a link to the comment at the top of the reply box.
For example, if you're wanting to make a specific reply to a forum comment someone else has posted. If they've made multiple posts in the replies, then it would be confusing to mention them by name, and getting the link to a specific comment is not particularly intuitive.
Having a specific reply button would make that an easier task, and make discussions easier to follow, as context can be provided in the form of links.