Now you can filter by OP..

[EinsteinaGogo]

I don't continue to read through a seemingly juicy thread if I select 'filter by OP' and see only 1 or 2 posts.

Am I alone (ie, AIBU)?

Not alone!

Was just thinking this today! I'm sure I miss out on a lot of good stuff but I'm getting lazy!

I read most posts, or skim read - but when something had hundreds of replies, it can get a bit tedious.
It's also useful to tell when the OP has set up something quite outrageous, never to return or be seen again.

Not alone at all, I've done that multiple times today especially when an OP is ignoring most of the comments/questions

Glad I'm not on my own 😀

Yes, if something sounds rather inflammatory, and/or shocking, and there are tonnes of replies from others yet only 1 or 2 from the OP, I now don't tend to bother.

It's great for weeding out the ploppers.

If it doesn't say 'see next' on the first post I know that there has been no response yet either (not that I expect posters to update every 5 minutes, people have lives and jobs to get on with!)

I do exactly the same thing! What's the point of reading a thread already has 200 posts but the OP's only posted once or twice?

I’ve only recently been able to do this. It saves massively on reading bigoted posts by people who haven’t really understood the OP’s concern.

YANBU, if the OP only puts the original post on etc I normally stop reading, the exception being something I also agree with

@ChicCroissant

If it doesn't say 'see next' on the first post I know that there has been no response yet either (not that I expect posters to update every 5 minutes, people have lives and jobs to get on with!)

Yes but why start a thread if you don't have the time to respond on it.

Glad I'm not the only one.

In many cases, it's the OPs responses that make the most sense of the post / make it worth reading.

If I click on something with 200+ replies and see only 1/2 OP posts , I give it a swerve.