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

[PlimplePlop]

Why? Please please stop. Thank you.

Often pointlessly so: people who quote the OP are often clicking directly on the OP without RTFT

It’s just cyber litter and a wastes scrolling time .

Do you conduct all your RL conversations with the same courtesy and consideration for others in the conversation?

I don’t know what’s more annoying, posters who do this or posters who think it’s the height of wit and cleverness to quote the OP on threads about the OP being quoted. It makes the thread quite hard to follow.

That's good to know. I was previously sympathetic to your need to use this functionality and your first post made me feel a bit guilty about petitioning MN to disable it. But now I feel much happier about asking them to take it away asap.

I do hope so because the foot stomp would look quite amusing 🤣

Doesn't bother me in the slightest and surprised it bothers as many as it seems to.

What, you mean like this?

Personally I find it more irritating that people think they make the rules that everyone else must abide by.

Yeah, it's hugely annoying. Especially when the OPs opening post is 6 paragraphs long, then the first replay quotes 6 paragraphs just to say, "I agree."

Actually I hate any really long quotes. I wish we could edit quotes, although I realise that means that parts could be taken out of context. At present, you get the choice of quoting fully, or using the @ sign to reference a poster (often with no quote, so no one else knows what you're talking about unless the relevant post is just above), or the @ sign with a bolded selection of copied text, which is a faff.

I do it sometimes when I use the app because once I'm in the reply box I can't see any posts on the thread, including the OP, without losing everything I've typed. Sometimes I like to refer to specific things the OP has posted in a response. I can't always remember every single detail.

Another peculiarity of the app on my phone is that I can't edit my posts or send or receive PMs.

There's a 'clear quote' button?

Not on my phone there isn't.

Agreed. As if we don't know what we're replying to already.... although sometimes I do wonder if people have read the OP at all, so at least we can assume that these posters have at least some idea what's going on (or can we?)

Probably not on the app tbf, nothing useful is ever on the app.

Just highlight and copy whatever you want to quote.

No-one needs to quote the original post at all. I agree with you @PlimplePlop

Stop moaning. Thanks.

People who whinge about people quoting the OP, just stop. It's so bloody annoying and boring. It's been done to death.

I wish OPs would quote whoever they're replying to.
That really annoys me.
Their responses end up being completely out of sequence.

If they're not going to quote, they could at least tag people.

In the old days, before the quote or @ functions, people used to make the effort to quote properly, putting the poster's name in bold.
The only way to know if a subsequent poster was referencing your earlier post was to keep engaging with the thread and check new posts.
I liked it.

You must lead a very boring life if it’s such an issue for you. Just scroll past if you don’t like it …. Simple

@RoseBucket me too! 🤣🤣

Nope.

But you could delete it when you've finished, couldn't you?

If you're on a thread, the assumption is that you are replying to OP. You don't need to tell people so.

You can only edit a post for a few minutes after you've posted it. So an OP who regrets what they've posted when they see the replies won't be able to edit.

You can copy and paste? People usually put the quotation into bold font to show it's a quote.