# Discouraging or Preventing Quote-and-Reply / Inline Reply **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [March 7, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouraging-or-preventing-quote-and-reply-inline-reply/182422 "2021-03-07T21:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![papyrophilia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/papyrophilia/32/161518_2.png) [@papyrophilia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/papyrophilia)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouraging-or-preventing-quote-and-reply-inline-reply/182422/8 "2021-03-10T04:06:38Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > And clever users would be able to get around it in a multitude of ways, sort of the same way users can generate blank posts if they _reaaaallllly_ want to, though we do try to strongly discourage it. I would personally work hard to find a way around prohibitions on quoting replies. In most cases, it can provide much needed context for responses, especially when you are synthesizing ideas and posts from different users. Frankly, some Discourse instances _rely_ on the quote function for editing and feedback to content creators, who take their work to fellow users for exactly that purpose. But if it doesn’t work for an instance, then an option to decrease reliance has been provided: > [@codinghorror](#): > > “Enable quote reply for highlighted text” under [the interface section of your preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/interface). --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discouraging-or-preventing-quote-and-reply-inline-reply/182422)._