To not get the point of posts.........

[scarletandblack]

....which refer to previous posts or posters, but don't add anything to the discussion, e.g. "I agree with x", "What x said", or even "^^ This.". What's the point, other than to get your username on the screen or jump on a bandwagon? If you're going to the trouble of posting, why not contribute something? If someone's already said exactly what you think, there's no need to post! Aaargh!

I also post "Maryz (for instance) said it better than me" sometimes

uptheanty said it better than me

Meh.

Newt talks sense

The force is strong within Maryz

Well you walked into that one...

Your not wrong, anty

^^
what scarlet said

I'd like to have Thorin's babies

What CeliaLytton said ^^

Especially where someone's asking "AIBU?" they're trying to get a sense of the aggregate opinion. Just because someone's already said YABU, doesn't mean it's not useful to see whether the next 50 posters also think that or whether there's a roughly equal divide in opinions. It's sensible for people to cast their vote, even they are agreeing with what someone/everyone/no one has said, to give a sense of what the collective (and therefore more balanced and objective) opinion is.

Waves my big sword around.

Yes, ok, I do get your point (many times over!), it's just that replies like

^

This.

seem to me like the equivalent of "End of." in a conversation.

Ah I see.

Yes, that could be interpreted as a sort of thingy.

I don't think it's always intended that way

What CeliaLytton said.

I always liked it when someone said they agreed with me on a thread. Both times in fact :)

X post

Thorin

Maryz

or

"You are a twat"

HTH

(you aren't a twat)

^^ what everyone else said

I like it on the rare occasion someone agrees with me. Especially if they bold my name.

I have nothing of any interest to contribute other than that I love the name LittleThorinOakenshield - it makes me

I agree exit

In conversation, people indicate agreement. Otherwise someone would say something and there would be silence unless it was to argue. That'd be odd, right?
I see this as the same thing.