People who 'quote' the OPs first post on a thread

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Why? Please please stop. Thank you.

I agree! I silently groan when I see it!!!

I know on some forums this is done in case the OP flounces and deletes their post if the thread doesn't go how they want it.

Obviously that's not how it works here but it's probably a habit for some.

So annoying isn’t it!

It's particularly annoying when it's literally the first person to respond, and it's a massive first post.

Especially when the OP writes reams of info and then the first person to answer quotes it and gives a one line answer.

Agree, it's really annoying. Why do people do this?

I sometimes do if the OP is long, I’m Dyslexic and it helps me to re read the post whilst typing, is that ok with you all?

If it isn’t, do I care? No.

I also internally groan, no need for it.

I literally just did this on a thread because my 'reply' button was missing ( don't know why, I can obviously use it for this thread )

I just can’t imagine a life where something this minor annoys me 🤷‍♀️

that would makes sense, thanks for that, it never crossed my mind!

You could just remove the quote when you finish your own post

so people can see what post you are replying to? Why is it an issue?

Yes I agree

Oh wow! First I've heard it's an irritation to some. It wouldn't have occurred to me. Why do I do it? I own that I do it - so that it's clear as to who/what it is I am responding. 😎I'm new to mumsnet and still trying to work out how to do just a partial quote.

I think I’m about the third or fourth person to do it on your thread OP.

MNHQ should disable the quote option on the first post maybe? I dunno though, they’re too busy adding new updates to thread topic views etc at the moment I think.

But...isn't it obvious?

it would automatically delete in the quote anyway

I wonder if MNHQ would consider making it impossible to do this? It is just an annoyance and adds nothing. And it seems to be happening more recently.

Just with the very first post, I mean.

Why does it annoy you?

No issue with people who do it when there have already been other responses as it makes it clear who they are replying to. But it's bloody annoying when they are the first one to reply and still quote the op's post. Who else would you be replying to when there's no other posts!?

It is slightly annoying I agree. Nothing to get worked up about, but a bit grating.

The dyslexia point (about which I am personally very attuned to) does not really make sense as surely you can just delete the quote before posting.

It reads very “off” to have a hugely long post quoted with a very short response. Quite an anticlimax. And maybe looks a bit, well, silly, for want of a better way of putting it. Like someone is just posting for the sake of it and has nothing new to offer. But we all do that sometimes I’m sure. I expect this post of mine is an example of that!

It's done on other forums if the OP is being away with the fairies so that the post in its original form is quoted before the sneaky editing starts when the thread doesnt go in the direction that the OP thought it should.

MN has an edit button now.

Thats the only reason for it that I can think of.

What annoys me is that I would sometimes like to be able to quote just a few lines of a very long post, but it seems to be all or nothing (unless I'm missing something obvious).