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Original poster

To think 'place marking' is pretty vulgar

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Bearbehind · 16/04/2013 20:20

Why do people think it is acceptable to shamelessly post on a thread to say nothing more than they are marking their place?

If they are that interested in the topic, surely they can make a comment that is relevant and still marks their place.

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lougle · 17/04/2013 11:38

rubber-necking was popularised when describing the behaviour of passing motorists when there is a car accident, I think. It's that sort behaviour where someone is going to great lengths to 'see the action'. You know, how the opposite carriage way on a motorway comes to a standstill because motorists slow down to see the accident, then continue to look through their rear mirror as they pass.

TomArchersSausage · 17/04/2013 11:42

Leaving my calling card with the butler on a silver tray in the hall.

There...much less vulgarSmile

ModernToss · 17/04/2013 14:00

Bearbehind, I get the distinct impression you don't know what bookmarking is. It's not adding a biscuit or some dots, it's a facility you can turn on in Settings (as someone explained above) which allows you to save where you are up to in a long thread. Nobody else sees your bookmark.

QOD · 17/04/2013 19:49

Hop that doesn't work for me. It all goes blue and suggests copy

BackforGood · 17/04/2013 19:53

'twas all explained when exactly the same question was asked a month or so ago.
I put a 'Watch' on a thread if it's one I want to keep - maybe advice about University applications, or recomendations for good holiday places, or even a recipe, or tips about car insurance for teenage boys.
I 'mark place' if I catch sight of an interesting thread when I haven't got time to read through 4 pages, but want to be able to find it (in Threads I'm On) later that evening or the next day.
Simples.

starsandunicorns · 17/04/2013 19:56

Whats why I do it Backforgood

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 19:57

moderntoss please don't patronise me- the thread title says 'place marking' and I know exactly what I mean.

I may have incorrectly used the phrase book marking in subsequent posts but I mean place marking

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ZenNudist · 17/04/2013 20:01

YABU what are you supposed to do on a long or fast moving thread? Either post & be damned if you haven't read the thread or read through (which can take ages) by which time you've missed the discussion.

Very odd to call it vulgar. I don't do it but maybe I will from now on.

Im always amazed by the little things that annoy some people.

LadyBeagleEyes · 17/04/2013 20:04

Marks place.

oOk, I know it's been done already but couldn't resist.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:05

zennudist you do what backforgood suggests.

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TiggyD · 17/04/2013 20:07

I think BareBackside is being vulgar when they make all their posts turn green.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:12

What are you talking about Tiggy?

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IAmJacksRagingBileDuct · 17/04/2013 20:14

peppa Grin

I can't work out how to bookmark on my phone, if I try to hover it just asks me to copy and paste, I mark my place so I can catch up later on a fast moving or long thread. Would only ever use on chatty topics, and posting keeps the thread bumped in active convos for the OP anyway.

Don't see the problem myself.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:15

For those who think my user name is vulgar, I think that reflects more on your mind's than mine- what is vulgar about the words bear and behind?

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TiggyD · 17/04/2013 20:16

All your posts are green on this thread NudieBum. It's separating you from the other people on the thread and implies superiority.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:19

Grow up with the Nudiebum comments tiggie. I had no idea that happened- I have changed my settings so I can see when I post on a thread but I had no idea that others could see it- how does that work?

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TiggyD · 17/04/2013 20:20

Of course it's vulgar ArseFlasher! If I changed my name to IvorBiggun people wouldn't assume that I meant my greenhouse would they? Your name is a double entendre so you can't call others vulgar.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:23

ODFO tiggy I think you might find your settings are changed to show all the OP posts on a thread as green.

My name might be a double entrendre but it might be perfectly innocent and there is nothing vulgar about the constituent words.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:27

Just to check though, does everyone else see my posts in green- have I done something totally random to my settings???

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LadyBeagleEyes · 17/04/2013 20:28

But it is a double entendre Bear.Confused
Tiggy you're making me Grin

TiggyD · 17/04/2013 20:29

Telling somebody to "Oh Do Fuck Off" might also be considered vulgar. I can't imagine Penelope Keith saying it. No need to be so acronyminous.

EmpressMaud · 17/04/2013 20:29

I don't often do it, but personally find it makes it easier to keep track of via 'threads I'm on' that way, rather than bookmarking or watching.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:33

I can actually completely imagine Penelope Keith saying it!

TBH the green issue is concerning me more now- have I done something wrong with my settings- am I causing a green offence for everyone?

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LadyBeagleEyes · 17/04/2013 20:36

Actually you're not green Bear, you're purple.

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Bearbehind · 17/04/2013 20:37

Is that your settings though LBE - I also have thread starters set to purple?

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