To give up on threads when there are more than 100 replies?

[OuchCharlie]

I just can't be bothered to scroll through them all.

Especially when someone has replied to something I've said right near where i said it because by the time I scroll through all the other new replies I can't remember what they've said.

I'm on my phone/iPad so maybe that makes a difference but I see (654 replies) on a thread I felt insanely quite passionately about hours before and just think mnah

lightweight

Grab a coffee and a bun and settle down.

If it's hundreds of posts it's bound to have kicked off

YABU

The best bunfight threads are much longer than 100 posts

Only when they are funny.

I do enjoy looking at page one of a long one, then scrolling to the last page to find that the thread has been completely hijacked and become something completely different.

i agree when its a funny one... its always worth it
but i avoid the long ones too.... it's too Jeremy Kyle - everyone shouting at each other but without a referee!

My phone won't let me read anything over >200 posts or that I've bookmarked more than twice. Makes things a little easier.

I dont always often bother with them either. I CBA to read it all. If its something that interests me, I might have a quick look and may comment, but I just cant be bothered reading the full thread. I just read the first few and the last few to make sure its not changed topic. I also always read every post from the OP (highlighting them all so they are all one colour really helps with this)

As for the ones that have kicked off, I either take a side and get into trouble or just simply CBA saying anything. All depends on my mood. Im on a few long threads, but now Im on them I can just read the endings of them.

Goodness me, but that's very arrogant - so only your response to the OP matters to you and you're not interested in the views of others?

I do see that the very long ones are difficult to read, have you changed your settings so that you can bookmark and highlight the OP's posts? That makes skimming through a lot easier .

Yes I only read them when they're funny ie the customer entitlement thread was shocking and funny but no I usually don't bother to post on them if they're in their hundreds. I assume someone has already said what I would say anyway so there's no point in repeating.

By the time a thread reaches a couple of hundred posts, nobody is listening anymore anyway. What the OP said is ignored and "the usual suspects" fight amongst themselves, usually over a word useage or obscure point of etiquette, and nothing relevant or helpful gets said. This is interspersed with people desperately trying to get the thread back on course and/or get people to play nice.

Pom has summed it up nicely. I assume this thread will now end. No point racking up 100 replies!

Thank you all for lovely replies - I'm new and thought I'd get slated. You made me laugh and love Mumsnet a little bit more.

Coral toes hear hear!

There really should be some kind of virtual signage leading to the bunfight - if there is one - so you know it's worth continuing!

just do as others do. Ignore the ongoing conversation and post your reply to the OP.

This topic had 14 replies and I nearly didn't bother opening it. ;)

WITH U ON THIS ONE >ONLY SO MANY DAYS.........

I genrally find my attention wandering by the fourth page but sometimes there are threads that keep my attention beyond that.
Skim reading is the thing to do.

Let's get this to 100 posts...