To think 'place marking' is pretty vulgar

[Bearbehind]

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.

Your pink barebehind

On my phone :)

tiggy I fear you may have yourself created any superiority you felt over my posts.

sorry.. it had to be done!!

Gosh squirrel no one else had thought to do that

I've just worked out how to do bookmarks from my phone, and it wasn't actually that hard after all

Stand by what I said though, place marking does have its, er, place.

You know I've always wondered what it means? Can someone tell me what it means and why people do it?

Its so people know and can find where they've read up to on the thread sweetiepie. If its a long or quick moving one especially, most people have their own posts highlighted so a quick scroll means you can resume reading where you left it without having to trawl through loads of posts first.

Ohhhhh! Yes that's annoying. Thanks for the mumsnet education jacks bile duct!

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Any post could be a place mark. I prefer the honesty when it's stated as such, as long as it's on a suitably lighthearted thread.