People who don't RTFT - what's the point?

[BobDear]

I don't know why, but this week, I've been on more threads than ever where multiple posters have replied to the OP without RTFT or even filtering to read the OP updates. And then disappear never to be seen again.

What's the point? Do you do this? Can you explain?

Do some people just go into Active Posts, read the OPs, give an opinion on the opening post and then move on to the next one? Do you consider that to be helpful? I get that you can't always read 200 posts -but filter the OPs posts for a gist of current state of play or important updates SURELY? It's not a poll.

I've been on MN for 15 years and it's always happened but never this much. Driving me mad.

Please stop.

Thank you.
As you were.

That’s a weird thing to do @Ursula82. I have been here for 13 years so that’s probably not enough though.

Quiet morning waiting for myMOT to be done! 😂

I’m waiting at the Doctors. 🤷‍♀️

This may come as a shock, but I don't care

Oh well this turned out the be hilarious- I do hope others RTFT for maximum enjoyment

Nothing comes as a shock on MN really. 😂

I’m chuckling too!

There seems to have been an interesting interpretation of the Talk Guidelines by the moderators!

Now (having RTFT but not at the right time) im wondering what that was about.

Maybe this just goes to evidence that RTFT is a waste of time, bc now no one knows what was said anyway

Yep. No way of seeing all the OP's most apart from endlessly scrolling.

In the Android App you can't filter the threads at all. It's very bloody annoying and you can't always read through pages of posts to look.

Another thing the Android app is shite at... You can't only quote a sentence etc, nope, you have to do the whole bloody thing

Isn’t that the same as the normal website? You can only quote a whole post.

If I want to just do a sentence I copy and paste and make it bold myself.

You can't copy and paste anything on the android app. Honestly guys the Android App is total shite

I hardly ever read the whole thread. Would take far too long., Whats wrong with just reading the OP then replying. If folk choose to drip feed thats up to them.

There was a particularly infuriating one this morning that got right on my pip. I was quite relieved when it was deleted because I wasted so much time putting right the people who had not even read the OP’s very few updates. 😬

My thoughts too!

Wouldn't that be the vast majority of threads though? Nearly everything has been posted about before. Who cares?

There's no point but it's a free forum and we can post how we like!

Do you know what shits me even more? People who don't even read the OP. It will say in the OP, for example, "I have a 6-year-old son" and then go on to present the dilemma with whatever. Cue "How old is you son?"

Just read one where a woman asks if it is normal to get your brain MRI results in the post. She states the result which was re non-specific changes. First few replie, vapidly state, if it's normal, no worries. It's not normal!