To not understand why someone marks their place.

[Anythingforabitofpeace]

Ok so I'm being stupid rather than unreasonable but when someone types they're marking their place is it because there is some magic way to get back to that place without having to read the whole thread. Because I can find that magic way.

Apologies in advance for being so dim.

Yeh kind of, in threads I'm on it shows you the replies since you've commented, and if you make your posts show up in a certain colour you can just scroll back until you find that colour and read from there.

I suppose it bumps the thread and keeps it in the active conversions

I don't know why it's done either. Watching the thread and bookmarking is much more efficient than faffing about looking for the colour of your post. Maybe posters just like to join in.

so it shows up in your 'Im On' list?

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Marking my place

I have no idea either.. it always makes me cringe a bit when I see people do it too.. the bookmark facility is very easy to use.

I get that it shows up on your I'm on page but surely it just shows the there's from the start and you still have to browse through.

Not sure how to make mine a different colour or book mark. Sigh, more time needs to be spent on mumsnet.

Maybe they don't have anything to add but want to show they are interested in the thread. I sometimes do it on the telly threads -just like a check in!

I find it quicker to find threads in Threads I'm On, rather than in Threads I'm Watching. Customise so that all your posts are highlighted, then you can scroll back through a thread to find where you last posted really quickly.

You turn on the colour and the bookmarking by clicking on "customise" at the left hand side of the talk menu at the top of the page - it will change your MN experience for the better

If you go to customize at the top if this page you can make your posts and those of the op different from all the others. It's pretty too.

When you look at the I'm on section, if you click on one of the posters rather than the thread title it will take you to that recent post, then you scroll back to your (now highlighted purple or grey and so easy to find!) last post and read on.

D'ya get meh?

Grrrrr...... customise not customize

marking my place too

I think it's a throwback, it wasn't always so easy to bookmark. or else it took me 2 years to work out how

Whenever anyone says they're marking their place...I get a mental image of them pissing on the thread.

I don't understand why they don't watch either.

marks place

You can change your colour settings in customise (just above "threads I'm on"

When you click on bookmark and it changes to saved , what happens next? What do you do with it? Are bookmarks saved somewhere?

No kitty - when you return to the thread it goes straight to your bookmarked post.

Oh right. Thanks badgersbottom! So why do people mark place too then? Oops perhaps I should read the thread again!

Thank everyone. I get it now . But I guess I should try in customise on my laptop as opposed to the mumsnet app that I'm normally use.

You can't bookmark unless you're using Mumsnet 'new'.

I wish we could colour code our posts on the app - it's a feature I really love when I'm on the laptop/pc

For me it just means " I am marking my place to come back to this later and just wanted to let you know I have read your thread but I'm not ready to post a comment yet."

I'm on my phone biwi, don't have a laptop or pc. I can colour code and bookmark though..

Oooh! How do you colour code on the phone?