To wonder why people don’t read the thread

Yes that's right Maggiemaybe does make things a bit easier.

sodapop

The OP posts are all highlighted in green for me and mine in pink/purple. Why can't this be done on both mobile and desktop sites,

So you’re seeing all Lucca’s comments highlighted, sodapop? That doesn’t happen for me on my iPhone or on my desktop.

Riverwalk

Never mind reading the whole thread, some people don't even read the original post properly!

For example 'my 13 year old granddaughter is blah blah'....

Someone will then ask 'how old is your GD?'

Some threads are very long so it's inevitable that things move on, and posters don't have time to read the whole thing.

I agree with Riverwalk and felice that it’s not just not taking time to read all posts, but original posts too. To me, it gives the impression of not being listened to, when, as well as the examples above, replies don’t reflect the original question. It’s not very helpful to someone who may be needing a wee bit of support.

Baggs

Why is repeating what's been said before a bad thing? I cannot be the only gransnetter to be totally unperturbed by someone saying the same as I've said. I don't understand why that bothers people.

Couldn’t agree more. What does it matter.

Of course no-one "is meant to" bring others up to speed. It's a simple choice. Bring people up to speed if you want to; don't if you don't want to.

Which is what we all do (or don't do). There is nothing stopping people thinking it's rude, though, or starting a thread to say so - as you say, you can't chair Gransnet.

I’ve been guilty recently of not properly reading the OP, once. My own fault for speed reading, I’m trying to slow down, but I do try and skim the whole thread.

Then the game could be endlessly repetitive Kim19

The OP posts are all highlighted in green for me and mine in pink/purple. Why can't this be done on both mobile and desktop sites,

Or it’s an abc. There’s always one.

It happens on all SM. I always chuckle on Facebook when someone posts a picture of something, asking "anyone know what this is? I found it when sorting out my late mother's house." Immediately someone will answer saying "it's an 'xyz' ", followed by someone else saying exactly the same. The OP will thank them, "Ah yes of course, thanks!". Which is followed by 20 or 30 people all saying "it's an 'xyz' "

Baggs has made some good points, sometimes threads meander and digress and throw up similar problems, where posters may respond to those. I think that's the nature of public forums and it's not like a meeting where issues have to be discussed within a time frame. Although having said that I don't disagree with the OP either, of course if a thread is very long it's often too time consuming to go through the whole lot, and if you don't, sometimes salient points will be missed.

That's me though, I like to sit on the fence!

Me neither, Baggs. In fact I started a thread last year asking GNHQ to let us have all OP comments highlighted in green, as happens on Mumsnet. The fact that people keep repeating the request is great. Perhaps one day GNHQ might listen!

Why is repeating what's been said before a bad thing? I cannot be the only gransnetter to be totally unperturbed by someone saying the same as I've said. I don't understand why that bothers people.

Elegran

The OP could be their own "chair" and close down discussion of that question once they had enough info.

How can an OP close down discussion, elegran?

I agree she can say her question has been answered or that she has got lots of good stuff out of a discussion, and stuff like that, but if people want to blether on they do and nothing except the thread's reaching its thousand post limit, or deletion by HQ, will stop them.

The number of threads I've seen over the years where people say "Let's draw a line under this" and it doesn't happen. You must have seen that too.

If a thread is very long and I CBA to read it all , I wouldn’t comment , as I would think I might be repeating what’s gone before, but that’s just my humble opinion, and apologies if someone has already said that?

Agree with you Lucca. And I know which thread you're referring to.

The OP could be their own "chair" and close down discussion of that question once they had enough info.

The option for an OP who has the answer to their question to be able to close it with a thankyou post is a good one. Then it would stop collecting answers and going on for ever. Of course, if someone else had the same question, they would start another identical thread, which would collect the same answers and so ad infinitum.

Doodledog

*Those who think 'sorted' could just leave the thread alone and, you know, stop annoying themselves by reading it.*

It's not just when a thread is 'sorted' that it's annoying, though. It's when someone comes along and ignores everything that's gone before (saying they don't have time to read it) and asks others to spend their time recapping or explaining what's happened.

They don't do it in so many words, but that's what it boils down to when a post says 'I haven't read the three page thread, but what about xyz (that was discussed at length on page 1)? Is everyone else meant to break off what they are discussing and use their own time to bring them up to speed?

Of course no-one "is meant to" bring others up to speed. It's a simple choice. Bring people up to speed if you want to; don't if you don't want to.

I expect that's what happens except for when moany-pants(es) come along and complain about being 'expected' to do somethng they don't want to do. No-one can force you to respond to an annoying post. Other people's perceived expectations are irrelevant to one's own behaviour on a GN thread.

Teacheranne, click on the three dots in a post, choose Bookmark, and you’ll be taken back to that place in the thread.

Oopsadaisy1

If the OP came back and we could see the message in green it would be so much easier.
I dont have time to read through pages and pages of the threads so I try to skim through to see if the OP has come back and replied, sometimes I expect I miss it, because I didn’t see it.

Totally agree, this option is used on other forums.

Another thing that annoys me is that when I revisit a post I have commented on, I return to the beginning of the post. On another forum I used daily, it returns me back to when I last read the thread so I only read new messages.

Sorry * Lucca* only read Atqui’s post......
Not yours.
Where is my corner?

Baggs put it so well, totally agree.

Perhaps should have added that I never look back in a game. It is a game, after all.

Atqui

PamelaJ1 I so agree. One feels like saying “ I just said that”!
By the way what is BU?

Being unreasonable