Does anybody really need the copy-pasting facility in Mylot?

I am surprised you don't think copy-paste function is necessary. I, on the other hand was wondering when they were going to lower down the number of responses just so that I can copy and paste!! There has been more than a dozen times when I have typed in a really big answer to a discussion and by the slip of a finger I end up deleting the whole thing(which I had been working one for over 30 mins!!) Imagine the frustration of it all. 90% of the time, I wouldn't have the patience to repeat myself all over again and just give a two or three line answer!! If I had the copy-paste facility I would just write it down in a notepad or word document, check for spellings and grammar and just paste it in the reply section. Even if something happens to go wrong, I can always go back to my original word document and copy it in here.

I think the copy and paste thing helps me a lot. Because a lot of threads you can search and they have dozens of people who have asked the same thing. I see no point in typing the same thing I typed in another post so I just copy what I wrote then paste it in to the other thread and thats an easy post or two. So I do think it diffintley helps.

i don't think i would be needing it because i don't copy and paste news item in my lot... hehe

All myLotters may not use it but I am quite sure, this is needed for some people. This enables to quote other sites’ references, facts in some discussions and along with responder's comments. There have been many occasions; I have not shared as much information as I could have because of typing! I also like to write down things first in word file then post it. Without copy-pasting this would have impossible for me! Thanks for sharing this nice topic!

I cant wait to get it for two reasons. One, i have trouble with spelling and so if im writing some in depth comment then its nice to copy and paste it into word and spell check it. And two, its prety much imposible to write out a link to a artical on a news or info site and its against the terms to reproduce any news artical without giving the source

It comes in very handy for me. I sometimes am on another site and I turn the javascript off over there because of all the crap on the pages. Then I forget to turn it on when I get over here. I cannot post my comments with java off so I just copy what I have written, turn java back on, refresh the page and paste. Also, sometimes when answering a discussion I find it easier to copy and paste an answer that I get from another website, or a link to that site that has the answer

I use the copy and paste to copy names and links to website that are relevant to a response. I also use it to copy parts of articles. It really comes in handy if you write a long response and you don't want to loose it so writing it on microwrord then coping and pasting can save a lot of retyping.

I don't know about everybody else, but I know I do! Before I had the ability to copy and paste I lost a few discussions and responses due to mylot either being down for maintenance or a glitch that was either on my end or mylot's. Some of these discussions/responses were long and thought out and to lose them because I wasn't able to copy and paste on here was completely screwed up. But I continued on and didn't give up. Ever since I have been able to copy and paste on here I have been able to save the things I write, just in case... I also like to be able to copy and paste a link if it applies to a discussion, rather then have to type it out.

Some people type their posts elsewhere so they can spell check and just proofread, some copy and past web addresses or quotes. :)

Sometimes I find information for a poster that I copy from another site and paste over here. I always indicate where it came from incase they need to check out the site themselves so it does come in handy to be able to cut and paste.

well first of all it is needed to make a discussion about news here it would take too long to write all news to here and second is people write discussions on their computer when they are not able to connect to the internet so they wont have to log in and write it again i think its really useful enough

I think that would be a great help if you have that copy paste in your arsenal. But I still have a long way in attaining that goal. So all I have to do is post and respond then post again and then respond again. Just thinking of it makes me want to rest for a while. LOL. But I am a PRO copy-paste mylotter.

yes! it is really necessary to have copy paste facility. While giving quota from others we have to write exact same what they said. Writing exact same makes difficulty in typing. So copy paste always rocks

I really could use it because sometimes when I write a large post, the page doesn't respond.. and I lose all what I type.. so, generally what I do is to copy my post and paste into notepad or other text editor and parts by parts paste again.. I think mylot allow 20 characters to paste.. but it's annoying

Well, Copy-paste option simplifies posting here at mylot. As the people mentioned that it becomes easy for someone to post an article which is worths haring with the mylot users. Moreover, I often face this problem that due to poor internet connection speed, the page would expire while in the process of submitting my post. As a result, my response would not be posted. So after crossing the 500 count, it becomes easy for me to copy the text that i have written before submitting it so that i can paste it back if in case, the page gets expired in the middle. Hey, i don't think that there are any guidelines like you cannot post more than once in a discussion. Because,as i told youthe problem above, it would also happen that the response gets posted twice when i paste it later unknowingly that itt has already been posted the first time, the page expired.Moreover it also makes pasting ur response in another similar discussion feasible where almost the entire text is similar to what you would write in that discussion.

As a real writer, I often write my posts in my word processing software then copy and paste to here because I post articles here and elsewhere on the internet. I find the copy/paste feature quite helpful.

I use it for websites. Its so much faster and easier to copy and paste it so yes. I need it lol.

LOL.. Copy Paste function is not to copy and paste the same post again and again dude.. It's for pasting information about anything interesting. Suppose you found a news article that is very interesting and you want to share it with your friends here on myLot. What would you do.. Type the whole URL with numbers and alternate caps and small letters and weird signs..???? That's impossible. So that's where the Copy Paste Function comes into handy. Other than that, there are many cases where you would want to quote something from a different place, which is ore than you can type. What would you do... Copy And Paste. Simple.. bourne

I seldom use this privilege.

I may not NEED it but I sure do WANT it. I, like so many others, would like to be able to quote other sites, references, materials in some discussions and my comments. There have been a few times I have not shared as much information as I could because I was just too darn lazy to type it all out. :-) I admit it. I am lazy. I also like to "write" things down first - in Word or my email or where ever - think about it or process the information for a while - then post it. Without copy and pasting I tend not to do this. Again...I may not NEED it but I sure do WANT it! :-) Good discussion! Thanks for sharing!