Gamers around the world use Discord as a free chat application. On the platform, millions of players have built communities around their favorite games, projects, and other ideas since 2015.
Since the app focuses on chat, gamers can use formatting features like bold, italics, underlining, and more built right in via markdown. By adding these features, users will be able to express themselves better and ensure that Discord remains a personal space.
The ability to quote others is a feature that users consistently search for in Discord. Slack, the work-oriented alternative to Discord, has this feature, as do several other chat apps. Users of Discord were forced to use code blocks or sophisticated chatbots to quote other users for a long time.
Fortunately, this has changed in the last year! The good news is that quoting is now a built-in feature of Discord. The process is as follows.
How To Quote Someone On Discord On A PC Or Mobile Device
There are the same methods for quoting other Discord users across all platforms (iOS, Android, and desktop). Although the quoting techniques are essentially the same, we will focus on mobile-Discord in this tutorial. The process of multi-line quoting is slightly different on desktop (it’s easier, actually), but otherwise, it’s the same.
The following steps will guide you through the process of quoting text on Discord:
- Copy the message you are looking for.
- In the text box, type the > symbol.
- Press the space bar. There will be a text line.
- Paste the text you copied above.
- Send the message to the chat. To @ someone, press Shift + Enter and backspace.
Continue reading for more information on how to submit a single or double line quote on Discord.
You can use single-line quoting on Discord to quote something that only takes up one line of text. You never press the Return key on your keyboard; there are no line breaks.
You can single-line quote by typing “>” followed by a space, then your quote. The app should look like this:
Whenever you need to quote something that contains line breaks, like a series of paragraphs, you use multi-line quoting. The easiest way to do this is to simply type “>” in front of every new paragraph you want to quote, but this can get annoying after a while.
The workaround is to type “>>>” followed by a space at the beginning of your message to make everything you type part of the quote. You can only exit that quote by sending a new one or by backspacing the “>>>.” On the app, it will look like this:
Multi-line quoting works differently on a desktop, as we mentioned earlier. Both “>” and “>>>” do multi-line quoting by default. To return to normal text, press Return and then Backspace to make it a single-line quote.
That’s all there is to it! At this time, that’s all we know about Discord quoting.
The code block feature can also be used to achieve a similar effect. This method, however, only works on PCs.
This function is normally used to highlight code in a long list of lines, but since it’s so simple, it can also be used as a quote function. Simply place the phrase you wish to quote between two backtick ` symbols.
The quote (Type this without spaces between the text and the backtick).
In this way, the phrase will be inserted into a code block. The format is incredibly similar to a quote, despite not being ideal for someone seeking one. For texts that span a few levels, you can also do multi-lined ones.
However, some Discord admins may install a bot that enables quotes and other features despite there not being a traditional method of quoting. For those who want to quote others, this bot would have to be added to every channel.
Stylizing certain words is important for effective text communication. Other frequently asked questions:
How do I address someone directly in a group chat?
It may be necessary to direct a message to one person instead of the entire group when communicating in a Discord channel. You can send a private message to someone by tapping on their username. You can also message that person within the channel if you wish.
The @ should be typed before the username. You can select the contact from the list or type their full name. Their name will be highlighted when the message appears in the group chat, indicating that it is specifically for them.
