Originally Posted by
RidingMatthew
how do you find your posts and nest them like that?
Hi Matthew,
Thanks for asking. I recall responding to a thread of yours a few years ago about organizing group rides. When I looked for it, using the word “liability” I found it was to heymatthew. 
I have posted:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…So with my experiences in cycling, and my frequent posting over the years,
if I have replied on a recurrent topic, written to my satisfaction, I’ll just quote it. A further challenge then becomes finding the post…
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
… what I have gotten directly from BF [is]…the opportunity to post and literally "journal" my thoughts and activities about cycling and lifestyle (even if nobody else reads them), but which I wouldn't write down otherwise….
Because my posts are quite personal to me, I recall them readily, and often they have key words. Using the Advanced Search feature, I can look up the keyword by posts or titles to the thread I have subscribed, to find the post I seek.
To nest the quotes, I use this formula in a linear array (quote spelled correctly):
[kwote=author A]...[kwote=author B]...[kwote]=author C]...[/quote][/quote][/quote]
Originally Posted by author A
…
Originally Posted by author B
…
Originally Posted by author C
...
Often the quote box eliminates spaces so I have to reinsert them. One annoying problem is that the quote function will often split a quote. I compose:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
part A…Part B
and it comes out:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
part A…
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
part B
You then have to copy “part A”, and insert at the beginning the second quote box, and delete the entire first box, from "quote to "/quote."
I find that about four quote boxes fit into a nested quote, for spatial organization, and I think that is the quote function limit.
FYA, just recently posted on the thread, "Commuting For The Gold"
Originally Posted by
RubeRad
If long, nested quotes with a labyrinthine post/threadhistory were an olympic sport...
The reason I nest quotes…
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...Last year I came upon a post that to me embodied the communication style that I like about BF. In response to a long quote, turbo1889 wrote:
Originally Posted by
turbo1889
First of all you have no need to apologize for a lengthy post, least of all to me of all people. Part of the reason I like forums as apposed to other forms of written communal internet forms is because I consider it the "long deep conversation format" rather then the quick short snappy sound bite like format like twitter and such.
So when I nest quotes, I feel I’m emulating a conversation…”He said," then “You said," then “I said, and now I’m saying…” I leave my quotes as links to identify the author, and if anyone is interested in reading further, or verifying those quotes, they can easily be followed right from the post.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
I think that the use of quote boxes, which I have not seen elsewhere, is a remarkable way to graphically diagram a "conversation," including relevant comments from previous threads.
As my signature line notes, "I use nested quotes (to be read in that order) to improvise an imaginary conversation. Anything outside a quote box is my contribution to the current conversation."
I think it’s a succinct, hopefully entertaining way to capture the variety of a topic.
Originally Posted by
wphamilton
At last I'm enshrined in a Jim from Boston quote chain, feels like the big time! Thank you.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 02-14-18 at 04:09 PM.