# Reply indicators not consistent **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [November 9, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reply-indicators-not-consistent/128503 "2018-11-09T15:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reply-indicators-not-consistent/128503/1 "2018-11-09T15:30:30Z")
Perhaps you can explain what triggers the reply indicator that appears in the upper right hand side of a post. They seem to be inconsistent. For example, I hit the reply button on a post and my reply has the arrow and icon for that poster indicating I am responding to them. In the same thread, I reply to another poster and the indicator does not show up. Someone replies to me, I see the notification if I click on my notification button but if I go to that post, the indicator is not present. Here is one example from a recent thread. Notice this causes confusion to other posters not knowing I was replying to someone else v the OP: ![Capture1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/d/d4154f513ccd6c063f610609939007ad69218f4b.png) Notice my reply to Sgtrock21 has the reply indicator. Then, my reply to kurtwm1 does not. This happens all the time and I use the same control to initiate the reply… ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reply-indicators-not-consistent/128503/2 "2018-11-09T15:39:55Z")
@cdaquila Carolyn , Mr. Turbo needs clarification. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reply-indicators-not-consistent/128503/3 "2018-11-09T20:40:50Z")
This happens to me, and I don’t know why. I often chime in to respond to a particular person and it registers like I replied to OP. It isn’t always wrong, but it’s wrong enough to notice. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reply-indicators-not-consistent/128503/4 "2018-11-09T21:43:56Z")
> [@cdaquila](#): > > This happens to me +1 While it isn’t consistent, a fairly large percentage of my replies are not identified as such. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![sronan\_144353](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sronan_144353/32/13793_2.png) [@sronan\_144353](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sronan_144353)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reply-indicators-not-consistent/128503/5 "2018-11-10T02:48:34Z")
Do you see any relationship with whether the post is replying to the previous post or instead to an earlier post? Is it possible that it normally doesn’t show the arrow/icon if you are replying to the immediately prior reply… But it does show if you are replying to an earlier message?