To wonder why people don’t read the thread

Yes that's the same for me. All Lucca s posts are in green.
I would hate GN to be in the style of FB though, I think the like facility is the work of the devil

Galaxy

Yes that's the same for me. All Lucca s posts are in green.
I would hate GN to be in the style of FB though, I think the like facility is the work of the devil

Outrageous! I’m being discriminated against by Gransnet! ?

As am I Blossoming !

I am on a mobile if that's any help. I dont know what you are using as I havent read the thread

I am on I pad .

Baggs

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.

“ moany pants”. Gosh, taking your cue from Jacob R M ?!

I dd a quick search and found a 2020 thread where people were complaining about this. Gransnet said the tech team were looking into it. This is pretty ancient forum software so don’t hold your breath ...

Lucca

Well I've just skipped from page 1 to page 4. I haven't the energy to read any more.
Sometimes people really want to contribute a comment they feel might be useful and don't have time/energy to read everything. I don't see it as rude. It doesn't bother me at all.

However I do thing "commenting closed on this thread" or something similar would be a very good idea.

All posts put on by the original posting person should somehow be bunched together. It happened to me where the postings were pages long and I missed the last post of the original posting person, it became most upsetting for me to find someone had died. I reported and made comment to gransnet but nothing has been done.

Lucca

Ok so I probably am BU. I just don’t understand how it happens. Do posters literally read the original post and reply without reading ANY other posts ? I’ve seen some threads where OP has returned several times to say the issue is sorted but posters still keep posting ! I’ve heard the excuse of not having time to read the thread but in that case why are you spending time on GN at all ??

Some of us just drop in for info.... but what I struggle with is at the bottom of your post Lucca, there is no "see all " which often helps skimmers to view all the OP's threads.
Why have some posters got that and others not? thx

Never heard of that Cuppafful?

See all??

‘See all’ is a Mumsnet feature.

Sodapop, I'd be okay with that. What I aim for in the games is spontaneity and I don't look back.

I admit to doing both. Sometimes there are 10 pages of discussion, so i will scroll through and read a few from each page, or look for the OP's additions to the thread.

I also am in a different time zone, so miss out on a lot of lively back and forth discussion. I tend to see new threads when they have already been in action all day, and answer in the middle of your night.

And I do agree with OP's posts being highlighted in green so we can keep track easily.

It appears on iPad you DONT get the Original posters in green apart from the original post itself which is a shame
And no ‘See all’
We really are the poor relations and not valued very much

I dont read all the posts if its more than one page. Sorry if that annoys the op!

inishowen

I dont read all the posts if its more than one page. Sorry if that annoys the op!

So would you post having not read ?

Thank you to the posters who answered re acronym BU as I was going to ask too. Would it not be possible for posters who use acronyms not on the list to add them on? This would be really helpful. This is happening more and more frequently where posters are using ‘new’ acronyms. Thank you in the hope that this can be done. ??

PamelaJ1

No, you aren’t. BU I mean but I am getting used to it happening. I used to get cross if I had had a totally, brilliant, innovative answer/ solution to an OP’s problem only to find someone further down the thread also had the same idea and got all the praise.?
Now I just go into my corner and cry?

This so often happens in real life, too! At least, I seem to remember it back when we were allowed to convene in groups of more than 2!

Gwyneth

Thank you to the posters who answered re acronym BU as I was going to ask too. Would it not be possible for posters who use acronyms not on the list to add them on? This would be really helpful. This is happening more and more frequently where posters are using ‘new’ acronyms. Thank you in the hope that this can be done. ??

AIBU is the first item on the list of Abbreviations and Acronyms. When someone asks AIBU, the usual answer is YABU or YANBU.

AIBU - yes but my little brain didn’t recognise it when it was just B?

BU

Well, Atqui, I think YABVVU!