"Insights" vs threads on them?

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The discussion focuses on improving navigation between "Insights" and their corresponding forum threads. A participant plans to include thread links at the end of each Insight to facilitate this. There are questions about how to properly create quoted passages within comments on Insights, as current attempts do not display correctly. The conversation also highlights technical issues related to using a third-party bridge for these features. Overall, the aim is to enhance user experience in accessing related content.
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What's the best way to navigate from an "Insight" to the forum thread about that "Insight"?
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
What's the best way to navigate from an "Insight" to the forum thread about that "Insight"?
Starting today I'll be posting the forum thread link at the bottom of each Insight. This was a suggestion also made by @mfb
 
How does one create a quoted passage within a comment to an insight? I thought I was creating a quoted passage when I replied in the thread for an Insight, but in the Insight, the quoted passage in my message doesn't appear as a quote.
 
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How does one create a quoted passage within a comment to an insight? I thought I was creating a quoted passage when I replied in the thread for an Insight, but in the Insight, the quoted passage in my message doesn't appear as a quote.
There are some issues. We are using a 3rd party bridge.
 

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