That’s why in Discourse, posts drag the necessary context along with them. So even if you only see this post, for example, you can click the quote above to expand it. Try it. G’wan. You know you want to. Just click or tap on the top line of that quote above.
Do it.
In addition, you can also:
- click “in reply to” at the top of the post to expand the post that this was a direct reply to (if no part of that post was already quoted)
- click “replies” at the bottom to expand the replies to the post (provided there were direct replies or posts that quoted this post)
So you see, each and every Discourse post carries all the immediate context you would need along with it. Just click to load it.