AIBU to wish posters would read the thread before replying?

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It disheartens me when posters don’t read the facts or info the OP mentions in the OP or other posts.

Read the thread before commenting.

Ah well, I find it a bit sad that there are people who persist in behaviours which are of no benefit to them, but which they know may impinge on other people’s enjoyment. Antisocial media.🤷‍♀️

You could quickly scan a page though couldn't you?

So if the first page is a sea of 'report' or 'cancel the cheque' or 'dentists don't support dummies' or 'grapes are a choking hazard' you could see that you adding that might not be particularly helpful?

That's what gets me - is that people saying the most obvious thing think they have something significant to say and don't contemplate that it may have been said already..by dozens or hundreds of people and seem to think 'well surely no-one else has thought of this'. Really?

It's the egocentric worldview - I am the centre of universe, everything is about me, everyone else must want my personal input, every question requires that I answer it, whether I actually have anything useful or relevat to add, or not.

It's like people who specifically open a survey to then respond 'no opinion'. Or responding to FB post looking for plumber in Bristol that 'I don't know any' or 'I'm in Manchester'. Yay great, you have given us your very special opinion, thank you!

‘Don’t you know who I am? I am Me, with Important Opinions! Listen and learn from Me! (But I just need to mention that I don’t care what you think of me, I care so little that I’m going to announce that too.)’

Sure is
at work and indeed in RL generally

Am I going to plough through sometimes dozens and dozens of OP novel length updates? Nah

I will read what I want, to the extent I want and post what I want. On mumsnet. On a chat forum that will be forgotten by all sometimes by the next day.

Guessing you’re a committed regular in Pedants Corner @CoolGreenBee ??

No I am saying I take Mumsnet for what it is… froth, passing the time, posting on threads here today, gone tomorrow. And give no thought to what other posters think of me.

In stark contrast to RL where I work, socialise, parent, live.

I often comment when I think the OPs getting an unfair hard time (very frequent). I dont care if its been said before. Ive been the victim of nasty pile-ons caused by people not reading the thread properly so I know what it feels like.

Yeah, I don’t suppose anyone reasonable would object to repeated supportive posts.

Does anyone actually owe you an explanation about this?!!!

I couldnt care less what someone on some random forum thinks about me, I barely care about what real people think about me.

Like others, I post if I fancy, dont post if I dont fancy, I use this to while away a few mins or a few hours, it doesnt bring anything in particular to my life and I dont try to bring anything in particular to anyone elses life via this forum.

Although I did post a riveting thread about baked beans the other day, perhaps you havent seen it? It would enrich anyones life I think.

'A women in a sane sex relationship' 😂

The amount of times I have seen some of the hardcore mumsnetters pour their heart and soul in to a thread…. Horrified at anyone questioning the OP or remotely doubting the Op or having the audacity not to read all 196 updates from the OP and…. Pfft the thread is pulled because it’s a troll.

I have a little chuckle to myself when I see the deletion message truth be told!

This made me laugh out loud!!

All this! From start to finish

Oh me too, a nice hearty laugh in my case.

I can often see the way a threads going and all the self righteous 'how dare you question the OP, she is SUFFERING'

And I think 'not long to go now'!!!

And they never learn

I see the same hardcore mumsnetters do it time and time again

and then… pfffft