Quoting messages

lutfen detects when a user tries to quote some older message in a message they just sent and inserts a quote of the original message inline to the conversation.

Some members use the reply feature on a (usually very old) message to bring it to attention. Other participants of the conversation need to click on the reply link to see what the original message had to say. This takes time and is not very efficient. This feature is made to avoid this by sendind a message like the one below:

Requirements

All of the following must be true for lutfen to detect someone quoting an old message in a message they just sent:

the author of the sent message must not be a bot
lutfen must be able to send messages in the channel of the sent message
either,
1. the sent message must have a reply reference and must be consisting of only . characters, whitespace characters, and member or role mentions
2. the sent message must not have a reply reference and must be consisting of exactly one link to a Discord message which may be surrounded by one or more . characters, whitespace characters, and member or role mentions
the referenced message must be sent in the same server as the sent message
the referenced message must exist and be visible by lutfen
if the referenced message and the sent message are from different channels,
1. the quote setting of the server must not be set to in the same channel
2. the author of the sent message must have View Channel and Read Message History resolved in the channel of the referenced message
the quote feature must not be disabled on the server
the referenced message must have content

Settings

The quote feature uses a server-wide setting manageable with the /manage-server quote command. Valid values are:

disable: Messages will not be quoted.
enable in the same channel: Only messages referencing a message in the same channel will be quoted.
enable: Messages referencing a message in any channel of the server will be quoted.

Last modified: 06 November 2024