# Unfortunately I had to pull the plug

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unfortunately-i-had-to-pull-the-plug/117508
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [May 12, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unfortunately-i-had-to-pull-the-plug/117508 "2019-05-12T13:41:22Z")
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### Author: ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unfortunately-i-had-to-pull-the-plug/117508/59 "2019-05-12T22:45:44Z")

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> [@Stephen](#):
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> When clicked it shows an embedded version of the post being responded to, without losing place in the topic. There’s an arrow in the embed to take you back to the reply in question too.

Yes, those features are very useful. But they require a) the user to be aware of them and b) clicking to reveal the context

Late replies without quoting can make a topic can look confusing to the layman. Example (the “yes me” in the below topic, which references a post made earlier in the topic):

 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-05-12%2023-42-02](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/3/d3154db4592ef9622e6a72f414bab6ab44610c07.png)

I’d suggest Discourse should have auto-quoted the “yes me” post, but avoided auto-quoting the “count me in too Chris”, as this reply came soon after its target post.

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