Please please can you make the OP unquotable?

This is a brilliant idea - @HebeMumsnet please make sure this gets noticed!

😂 also "uber" simple. Annoyance of quoting the OP has nothing on the use of the word uber

Great idea

What would be a better solution is if a quoted OP remains "collapsed" in the same way quotes of quotes do.

Then everyone is happy.

It’s even more annoying when the OP is five thousand words with no paragraphs.

And then some renegade reproduces it in full …

Thanks. It's particularly irritating when the OP is a multi-paragraph monster.

And no, not everyone is here for 'fun'. There are many boards where women post some of the most poignant and painful problems I've ever seen, about bereavement, domestic violence, mental illness, special needs, forms of prejudice, poverty, and misogyny.

The resulting conversations on threads can be helpful, challenging, insightful and life-changing; but their primary purpose is certainly not 'fun' - and that's true of lots of posts and threads on general boards like 'Chat' and 'Site Stuff'.

You said "how does anyone know who you're responding to" if you don't quote the OP?
That was the problem you presented. I gave you the answer.

I'm happy to rephrase it to "question answered" rather than "problem solved" if you'd prefer!

Ah, we've found the poster who posts "Cancel the cheque!" two weeks after the problem is solved, and 150 other people have also posted that.

It's lovely that you find that 'fun' but it's definitely more on the tedious side for the average person.

We are all here for fun

Well, we’re all here for conversation. And MN is known for conversation at a certain level of comprehension and engagement. If you can’t be bothered to read the full thread - or even just all the OP’s posts on it - your own post probably isn’t going to contribute anything valuable. And will probably just annoy other posters who do comply with the accepted etiquette of MN posting.

you say "problem solved" but to me, there isn't a problem

I think it is good to be able to quote the OP when you are responding to the OP, or else how does anyone know who you are responding to if the thread has got really long? and it isn't hurting anyone!

You write "OP," at the start of your post.
Problem solved @60andsomething !
No-one is claiming it's hurting anyone but on some devices it can be annoying to have screen after screen of the same text.

Maybe. But maybe I just don't want to. We are all here for fun, not to get arduous reading HW imposed on us.

to quote the OP when you are responding to the OP

The whole point of a MN thread is that the conversation is all in response to the OP. You have the ability to @ another poster if your comment is directly to them and not the OP. But it’s a given that the main subject of a thread is the OP’s (sometimes evolving) issue or thought.

Well usually the conversation has moved on, so if its post 537 and you feel you have something very critical to impart about the very first post, then I would suggest reading the rest of the thread first, or at the very least the OPs updates. The likelihood is someone has already made your point many comments before.

I think it is good to be able to quote the OP when you are responding to the OP, or else how does anyone know who you are responding to if the thread has got really long? and it isn't hurting anyone!

I would like to be able to just quote small sections though

I don't get notifications.

But if i was the OP of a post I'd be checking it regularly anyway.

You can't in the android app!!

+1 for your request, OP.

One of my particular irritations of seeing the OP quoted is when it happens when the thread is already two days and 400+ posts in and the OP has returned a couple of times with additional information, or has taken early advice on board and is posting from a slightly different viewpoint now / is asking a supplementary question. Up rocks LazySusan123* at post 457, quoting the OP and giving the exact same answer as the first 20 posts on page 1 which the OP has already taken into account / responded to. Is there a quicker way to advertise "I don't even bother reading any other posts the OP may have added in this long thread, let alone looking to see if someone else may have already suggested this in this long-running thread, YOU SHALL BE GRATEFUL FOR MY UNORIGINAL PEARLS OF WISDOM OP"?

*. Apologies ** to any posters actually using this as a username.
** Unless you quote the OP, in which case you smell 😜

No, because whoever posted the part you bolded won't know you've replied to her, whereas you will have received a notification that I have replied to you.

Pleasssssee do this
To my shame I once quoted the OP and felt the biggest dick

Yes, please.

And the people who think it’s the height of wit to quote the OP in posts explaining why it’s tedious - I always imagine they burst into song when they meet someone called Caroline or Ruby

Nope! I’ve always used the mobile site. Tried the app when it arrived but it was completely inadequate for navigating an Archers thread which always runs to about 980 posts before we move to a new one.

Oh. I'm new to MN and I thought the app is all there was! I thought that was it