to get annoyed when people say 'sorry, cross posts'

[ilovedjasondonovan]

Anyone reading the thread can look at the times on a post and see that a cross over has happened - why the need for another post just to tell us that. Grrrr

YABU. It doesn't matter

It's a way of acknowledging that the other person posted, and is polite. YABU.

yabu. It doesn't matter

YABU.

Its not always obvious from the times on a post.

Sometimes someone might not have refreshed a page before replying so have not read the post(s) immediately before theirs, or they might be a slow typist or get distracted half-way through replying

Sorry x post with funny

I do it when I am responding to the OP asking for more detail and they have given more detail in the time it took for me to post. It's polite.

Only because it should be "crossed posts" or "cross posted" or even "cross-posted" or "crossposted."

Cross posts doesn't make any sense.

Sometimes cross-posting makes it look like you're responding to the poster above you rather than to the OP or to a previous poster.

e.g OP: I like red
poster 1: I prefer blue
poster 2: FFS

Poster 1 is now sad that poster 2 has rubbished their opinion on the colour blue, when in fact the comment was aimed at the OP. A quick, "sorry, cross-posted" clarifies the situation :)

YABU, and also snarky

sorry crossed legs" has a refusal ring to it.

sorry crossed legs" has a refusal ring to it.

YABU. So what? It's a polite thing to do I don't bother

Agree with MissPenteuth, it can be to let other posters know that you are not supremely tactless.

Blimey, I knew I shouldn't have posted it in AIBU. I know it doesn't really matter, its just something that personally gets to me.

And, hey, I'm having a snarky, rebellious kind of day.

I have those sort of days too ILJD, Im a PMT monster and probably menopausal to boot

YANBU

I do find it annoying when half the posts on a thread are "x post", "sorry cross posted with so and so" "ooh lots of cross posts!"

It's a way of acknowledging that the other person posted, and is polite. YABU

It is. YABU.

Next!

I agree, it's only polite

This is one of those threads that I wish I hadn't bothered to open...I'll never get those 50 seconds back.

lol post cats

Yanbu, I don't see the point