This is really good information,
but I think that you should add one vital piece of information to this post,
and especially in each comment that you leave on a new post.
Please let the authors know that they can avoid the Cheetah comments if they will only use the '>' symbol in front of quoted text.
I have found myself helping out people with this information countless times. Plus of course I miss many many people who never find out that it is this simple.
You are right, I found this history and all information really quite good!
I wondered how @cheetah got so much done with her paws LOL.
Added the > point. :)
But note that this isn't the only factor to avoid the cheetah comment (though it does help). They need to also consider things like the quoted text to discussion text ratio as well. The actual algorithm considers a mix of many factors.
Nice. I didn't even knew about '>' and even less what you just mentioned.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Still, it would be good to mention in the comment to put quoted text after a '>' symbol to distinguish it from their own words.
... thanks
Is there an ending symbol to put after the text or does the quotation end with a return key press?
No. Just type it this way ➟ >This is quoted text. This is quoted text.
and it will appear like below.
Yep, it's good practice for sure. & I might actually link this FAQ in the comment.
If you are not using markdown but the editor do you just write "etc" [using speech marks] as normal and it does the same @canadian-coconut?
I don't usually use the editor, but I just checked it out and yes, it appears that hitting the " quote button in their does the same thing.
Ahhh. Thanks for checking it out! Good of you. :-) I thought it probably must be similar. I'm a bit nervous of getting cheetahed! lol. Now and again I have in the past duplicated my website posts here but it seemed like a lot more effort than just writing something new. :-)
Thanks for taking the time to do that though @canadian-coconut :-)