Hi Erica, hmm, it should be pretty clear. is it just in your email that you're having trouble, are are you also unsure when you're reading them here on the website?
Hey Erica, sorry for the delay, Substack doesn't seem to be notifying me about new comments for some reason...
The italicised text is a quote from the previous reply. So when italicised text appears at the top of a comment, it's highlighting something the previous person said.
Medium's comment system formats it a little more clearly. This was the only way I could replicate it here.
If there's italicised text in the very first reply, it'll be a quote from the article the reader is replying to. I hope that's clear.
It occurs to me that this is probably another consequence of you being less familiar with Medium's system than some of the other readers here. Please do keep pointing things like this out Erica. It's very helpful and you're clearly not alone.
I'll have a good think about how I can make this clearer. Any suggestions are very welcome.
Thx Steve, what I'm referring to isn't in the comments section, it's your article, when you quote comments, your own or others -- I think the problem might be that both are italicized so the quote attribution isn't clear to me.
A quote from the previous reply. The name, in bold, is the person whoтАЩs talking. The first bit of italicised text (if there is any) is a quote from the previous reply. The normally formatted text is the actual reply.
So, for example, if it were possible to italicise text in comments, IтАЩd have italicised the bit that IтАЩve put in quotation marks at the top of this reply. IтАЩm quoting you.
When the comments are long, sometimes itтАЩs useful to highlight a particular phrase that IтАЩm responding to.
Well, you've def bent over backwards to try to explain this to me and I still don't follow, but at this point I'm gonna assume it's my problem, if your other readers are good to go, don't worry about it.
Newbie question here: I'm not sure from the formating of these kinds of articles which passages are Steve QJ's and which are by commenters.
Hi Erica, hmm, it should be pretty clear. is it just in your email that you're having trouble, are are you also unsure when you're reading them here on the website?
I read it on the website. Is the italicized text you or the commenter?
Hey Erica, sorry for the delay, Substack doesn't seem to be notifying me about new comments for some reason...
The italicised text is a quote from the previous reply. So when italicised text appears at the top of a comment, it's highlighting something the previous person said.
Medium's comment system formats it a little more clearly. This was the only way I could replicate it here.
If there's italicised text in the very first reply, it'll be a quote from the article the reader is replying to. I hope that's clear.
At first, I had to think about it a bit. The format is as follows:
Stefan = who's talking
| The statement in Steves's story comment being commented on
Stefan's comment about Steve's story
Steve = who's talking
| The comment from Stefan being commented on
Steve's comment about the comment
Stefan = who's talking
| The comment from Steve being commented on
Stefan's comment about Steve's comment
etc.
Thanks but I have to admit I still don't get it.
It occurs to me that this is probably another consequence of you being less familiar with Medium's system than some of the other readers here. Please do keep pointing things like this out Erica. It's very helpful and you're clearly not alone.
I'll have a good think about how I can make this clearer. Any suggestions are very welcome.
Thx Steve, what I'm referring to isn't in the comments section, it's your article, when you quote comments, your own or others -- I think the problem might be that both are italicized so the quote attribution isn't clear to me.
Did you see the message I left you above? Is it still unclear?
Basically, italicised text is always a quote.
A quote by you or a quote from a commenter?
тАЬA quote by you or a quote from a commenter?тАЭ
A quote from the previous reply. The name, in bold, is the person whoтАЩs talking. The first bit of italicised text (if there is any) is a quote from the previous reply. The normally formatted text is the actual reply.
So, for example, if it were possible to italicise text in comments, IтАЩd have italicised the bit that IтАЩve put in quotation marks at the top of this reply. IтАЩm quoting you.
When the comments are long, sometimes itтАЩs useful to highlight a particular phrase that IтАЩm responding to.
Does that make sense?
Well, you've def bent over backwards to try to explain this to me and I still don't follow, but at this point I'm gonna assume it's my problem, if your other readers are good to go, don't worry about it.
ЁЯШБ I'll have a think. Maybe there's a way I can reformat it to make it clearer.
Thank you. This helps a great deal!
I am confused as well.