Solutions for users who constantly reply by clicking "quote"

[branjita]

Forum URL: dragonballfigures.boards.net

Are there any solutions for preventing specific users from quoting, or some other creative solution to reduce the likelihood of this?

On my forum, I have one user in particular who clicks "quote" every single time he decides to write something, and he often does this to a post with multiple images in it. I've messaged him and asked him not to do this, and others have complained, but as the years have gone by, it has never made a difference. I've even written custom CSS to decrease the size of images that appear in quotes, as well as the size of the text. That helps, but I haven't figured out a solution that could (1) either directly target this specific user or (2) add a "reply" button that tags the user automatically. Instead, I just have to spend my time editing the quotes out of that user's replies to prevent the threads from getting cluttered.

I get the impression he quotes for two reasons. Convenience and to tag the user he is quoting.

I have the "Speedtag" plugin on the forum already, to assist with tagging people automatically in the "Quick reply" section, but that doesn't really solve the problem either.

Is there a way to add a button for "Reply and tag this user" to each post? That would probably solve my issue...

I don't want to disable quoting entirely, just because this user abuses it because he refuses to click reply.

[Scott]

branjita, I've reached out to the SpeedTag plugin author about this.

[Scott]

branjita, just to clarify, what do you want the "Reply and Tag" to do? Open the full wysiwyg reply editor and add the tag? Or have it add the tag to the quick reply and scroll/focus on the quick reply box?

[branjita]

I think it'd be fantastic if it took the user to the full "reply" page with the WYSIWYG interface and automatically had the author of that reply/post tagged.

In a perfect world, I'd have "Quote" removed from being a button a person could click, and put "Quote post" into the menu contained within the gear icon , just to make it less convenient to quote people. I've simulated what I mean in this modified screenshot of my forum:

I think something like this would cut down on my "cleaning up" after people quite a lot!

[Scott]

branjita, I've conveyed your wish to the plugin author. No guarantees if or when, though I will let you know once I hear back.

Regarding moving the quote button, I don't have a solution for you, sorry.

Just out of curiosity, you said you've asked that member not to quote all the time, but did you ask him "why" he does?

[Scott]

branjita ,

• I recommend you go to the support thread for the SpeedTag plugin (link) and download and install the version in the first post. It's been updated so when you click the tag button, it adds the tag and takes you directly to the Quick Reply box.



• You can achieve the "tag and reply" (going to the wysiwyg editor) by making this template modification:

1. Go to Admin > Structure > Layout Templates, Post List template.
2. Find this group of code:
$[post.quote_button]
$[post.edit_button]
$[post.likes.button]
$[post.select_options]

3. BETWEEN $[post.likes_button] and $[post.select_options] insert a new line and add this code:
{if !$[current_user.is_guest]}
<button onclick="window.location.href = '/post/new/$[post.thread.id]?message=@$[post.created_by.username]';">Tag & Reply</button>{/if}
(You of course can change the wording of Tag & Reply to words of your choosing.)

4. Save changes.

[branjita]

Fantastic! I will give that a try when I can devote the time later! I appreciate you doing this for me!!

Regarding the user... I think he's using his phone and just too lazy(?) to scroll to the bottom of the screen and type his reply in the "Quick Reply" box or click "Reply." It makes no sense to me, as it's harder to type a reply on my phone if there's a quoted message full of pics in the way, but this is what he does... but I don't think he's doing it intentionally to be a jerk.

[branjita]

Scott this is awesome! It works perfectly.

I have no idea why it automatically places the button where it does though. If I try to put it before "Quote" ($[post.quote_button]) it still places it where you stated I should put it.

Also, it looks like the new version of Speedtag works better than the old version. The old version wouldn't work half the time. This one is working great (in my limited testing).

[branjita]

I think I know why that user I referenced earlier has a habit of clicking "Quote" so often. I just looked at a thread using the default mobile view, and all that shows up is [.quote][.thumb][.gear] compared to what shows up on Desktop.

Is there a way to get the additional buttons to display on the default mobile view?

[Scott]

May 26, 2020 14:59:21 GMT -8 branjita said:

Scott this is awesome! It works perfectly.

I have no idea why it automatically places the button where it does though. If I try to put it before "Quote" ($[post.quote_button]) it still places it where you stated I should put it.

Also, it looks like the new version of Speedtag works better than the old version. The old version wouldn't work half the time. This one is working great (in my limited testing).

Yea, I like the new version as well.  It's a win for me too! 

May 26, 2020 15:16:49 GMT -8 branjita said:

I think I know why that user I referenced earlier has a habit of clicking "Quote" so often. I just looked at a thread using the default mobile view, and all that shows up is [.quote][.thumb][.gear] compared to what shows up on Desktop.

Is there a way to get the additional buttons to display on the default mobile view?

Ah, I didn't think of the member using the mobile version.  Unfortunately at this time theme and template modifications as well as plugins do not work on the mobile version.  However, once v6 is launched this will no longer be an issue as we will have only one responsive version that works on all devices, and plugins and modifications work as well.