" Just marking my place.." WTF?

[Dryjuice25]

Why do people feel the need to go on a thread to "mark my place"? How does that contribute to the discussion underway? I get really annoyed by this action and it's the most pointless thing a poster can do. Why oh why?

Please someone enlighten me to the point of this 'marking of place' .To me it's rude, pointless and utterly unnecessary. I get the "bumping" of thread bit, but the marking of place, I don't get. To me it's self-indulgent, rude, and just plain attention-seeking! Why oh why?

If you are following a thread it means it pops up on your 'threads I'm on'

Just marking my pl....

I don't know the reason for doing it, is it to do with being able to find the thread? It doesn't annoy me though.

So you can view it on threads I'm on - I've done it for example on a thread which has a discussion I'm interested in and want to post on but don't have the time to compose an in-depth post.

Is better than this:

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I think it's rude to do so on a sensitive thread, though.

It's not rude or attention seeking imo it's just a way of book marking a thread.

So it turns up on Threads I'm On. How is it rude?

I mark my place on bunfight threads these days just so I can see the HQ deletion message as some of them are genius. I sometimes mark if I don't have time to comment, but want to come back later.

Other than that, I generally watch threads instead of place marking where I'm interested in the topic, but don't have anything to contribute.

But really OP, YABU to get so upset - its hardly attention seeking to write "marking place" is it? Its not like someone has gone onto a thread and said "Fuck off OP" which would be a lot more rude and attention seeking eh.

I suspect that place marking is often done so that it moves the thread into the "I'm On" category. I do admit that the phrase slightly irritates me though. It's the combination of slightly voyeuristic and "can't be arsed to say anything useful" that grates.

I find it rude. I only comment if I have something useful to say. To me, its like rubberneckers at an accident or street brawl.

i agree. why not simply watch the thread instead of cluttering it with shite?

I think some people do it to see the possible deletion message on troll threads or bun fight threads?

Otherwise, why wouldn't you just press the 'watch this thread' button so you can find it later?

Recently I people have been posting on threads because when it gets deleted you get to see MNHQ's new comedy deletion explanations.

It means you can read on from where you last looked by locating your "marked place". It's just using a function, that's all.

Cos if I haven't got time to write something thoughtful, witty or erudite but want to find the thread easily for later enjoyment it seems fine to me.

Although times I just type something pointless, so I don't upset people like you.

OK?

I do it on long running threads as I don't always get on the computer for while and they all disappear from my 'threads you are on' list.
I don't think it is rude unless it is a really sensitive thread

i always mark.

It hurts nobody.

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Perhaps MNHQ should copy the deletion explanations to people watching the thread too and then people don't have to do it?

Or do they already? I dunno.