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... to be tired of OPs who only post once and never come back to their thread?

57 replies

BIWI · 07/05/2026 13:23

So many of them these days. I appreciate people might not come back immediately to their thread, being busy/at work etc, but so many just don't bother to return at all.

I've started to check each thread I open now, to see if the OP has posted more than once.

No idea what MNHQ can do about it though!

OP posts:
nopiesleftinthisvehicle · 07/05/2026 13:33

Yep, me too.
Always check first.
1 post only and I leave the Thread and hide it.

Original poster
BIWI · 07/05/2026 13:32

ColdAsAWitches · 07/05/2026 13:30

No idea what MNHQ can do about it though!

Stop doing it? I strongly suspect a lot of them are put up by MN themselves to drive traffic. The "three words including a colour shade" usernames that appeared for a long time was a dead giveaway that most were bot posts.

Edited

With the number of daily posts I doubt VERY much that the community team have time to do this!

Also, the three word names are names given to posters who join but can't/don't create their own username.

OP posts:
margegunderson · 07/05/2026 13:31

I always check how many times the op posted before reading much these days

Nihongo · 07/05/2026 13:30

I actually think MN should delete the thread if they don’t come back after a few days.

ColdAsAWitches · 07/05/2026 13:30

No idea what MNHQ can do about it though!

Stop doing it? I strongly suspect a lot of them are put up by MN themselves to drive traffic. The "three words including a colour shade" usernames that appeared for a long time was a dead giveaway that most were bot posts.

SparklyGlitterballs · 07/05/2026 13:28

I do exactly the same OP. If it doesn't say 'see next' to show they've been back then I don't bother reading. The exception being when the post has only recently been created. Then I'll 'watch' the thread and come back later.

BridgetJonesV2 · 07/05/2026 13:25

Totally agree. Especially when it's a controversial topic and there are pages and pages of responses.

Swipe left for the next trending thread