A while ago I asked about this and I was informed on how things work.
To be honest, even though I understand how it works, I wasn’t and still am not convinced that this should be the default.
Look at this topic:
In this case, the reply from puridator
had more context below, but I cut it just to show a case where a reply can be very ambiguous. If this was their actual reply, were they saying they are against what was said in the original topic? Or are they against what the mohammad
user said?
Before anyone jumps in saying that they understand what was said in this particular case, this is just an example, of course. The reply could very well be just “I respectfully disagree with you”, increasing the ambiguity.
According to what I was told, if the reply is right below the person I’m replying to the reply doesn’t show the indication that it is a reply to a user, but if there’s a reply or more in between, it shows, the way we can see that mohammad
replied to cpradio
.
I think we should always see the reply, no matter what, to avoid confusion. It’s not the first time that I can’t really understand the reply, until a few lines in, which is a bit of a waste of “time” and energy to go back and forth reading something thinking it’s in one context, to then realize it’s a different one.
I believe seeing the reply indication, even if it’s right below the original one, just creates more clarity to the reader.
Hope you guys consider adding it. Adding it will not make it worse, but not having it, does, imo.