Gransnet abbreviations

The only rule on GN as I see it is not to break the guidelines HQ have set.

Baggs and JJ I think it does matter a lot and nothing to do with getting irritable but the whole thread can change to almost the opposite by people not being arsed to read the few posts above them, they are so intent with what the want to say.

And again I say So What? Why do you think threads shouldn't change?

Why shouldn't people be intent to say what they want to say? Even if you don't like it.

Why is how you (anyone) want a thread to "work" more important than someone else's "intent" in response to what they have read?

All this snappiness about shoulds and shouldn'ts is just intolerance by some people not getting what THEY want.

If the OP is a long one I just don’t bother to read it or comment, particularly so if full of acronyms and no paragraphs and little punctuation.

One I’ve often wanted to introduce is FGSPSPLS!

For goodness’ sake, PARAGRAPHS please!

Not that there are all that many very long posts that aren’t broken into paragraphs, but I don’t suppose I’m the only one who finds them very trying - and will usually give them a miss.

I think it’s ok to jump in and just answer the OP, particularly if they have a personal problem.

The only acronym I use is GN for Gransnet . I type everything else in full which means I ramble on. But if people see my name then they don't have to read what I write. But I only write about my own personal experience.

It's absolutely pointless to comment about a situation, then, though, and people have time for that.

Baggs

I actually think telling people to read the whole thread is bossy and unnecessary, as if one weren't allowed to respond directly to the OP or any other single post on the thread.

I have got the impression over the years that people who feel their posts have been "ignored" are the most likely to make the, ahem, request of RTFT. What they don't seem to realise is that of course other posters will say the same as they have and that it's perfectly legitimate for there to be numerous repetitions of the same points. That's just the nature of this kind of social media.

I agree with you, who has time to RTFT? I like your interpretation too😁Read the full thread isn’t nearly as colourful.

MissAdventure

Imagine if the husband was dearly departed, and deaf?

😂

Imagine if the husband was dearly departed, and deaf?

I get confused with the initials, I mean am assuming DH stands for ‘dear husband’, at first I thought was ‘departed husband’, not sure why there is a ‘dear’ there. Or is it ‘dear’? Maybe I got that wrong too, perhaps it stands for ‘dreadful husband’.
Anyway I tend to use the full word just to be sure on most occasions. 🫣

Baggs and JJ I think it does matter a lot and nothing to do with getting irritable but the whole thread can change to almost the opposite by people not being arsed to read the few posts above them, they are so intent with what the want to say.

However I loathe abbreviations I think they are lazy, and often totally daft why would you call your daughter darling when she hasn’t spoken to you for 10 years, so silly shut I just don’t use them at all (my choice) they are lazy and often don’t make sense and can be confusing also they don’t really save time who is counting in seconds !!

I don’t see the point of posting on a thread if you haven’t read it all, because of course it becomes repetitive and often inappropriate. If the post has deviated too much from the original, especially towards personal disagreements, which some seem to love, and which garner the most attention, I just don’t bother.

I do find that people in general don’t read text properly.

I made a complaint to DHL about their service in the UK and got a reply back saying USA customs had to be dealt with by the consignment receiver. It took three more emails before they understood my complaint (the parcel sat in their depot for two weeks). They just didn’t read my email properly, just assumed what the problem was.

I’ve never actually posted that anyone should RTFT, but I do wish I had a pound for every time I’ve thought it.

It makes me cross when the whole theme has changed from the opening info, but people still post "Put a stop to it, immediately" or "Are you for real?".
At least read the thread if you want to feel superior, or you look a bit daft.

😂

Baggs

*I think if people aren't reading the whole thread it gets repetitive though*

I agree, JJ, but why does that matter? If one is annoyed at the repetitiveness one can just stop looking at that thread, surely?

I find it impossible

rafichagran, I'm sorry but I don't understand your first sentence.

Oh wait! I went back and read it again. I think you meant "does" where it says dies.

Yes, that's clumsy. Doesn't mean it was deliberate. It's very easy to get confused/not understand exactly what is meant, as the first sentence of this post proves. In a case such as you outline, I would always assume someone misread or thought they were replying to something else.

I think if people aren't reading the whole thread it gets repetitive though

I agree, JJ, but why does that matter? If one is annoyed at the repetitiveness one can just stop looking at that thread, surely?

I just ask if I don't know who (insert any letters from A-Z) is.

If it's a mish mash of dil, ddil, ddil1,2,3, ssil, dsdil, I don't read threads.

Duplicatons will happen, but I think it's lazy when the OP states for example, her husband has died, and only a couple of posts down someone states what dies your husband think. I don't mind posters correcting that sort of thing.
I don't know why you think that it is posters who feel ignored are the ones to say RTFT Baggs. I have seen posters whose user name I recognise use it, although not as much as Mumsnet.

I think if people aren't reading the whole thread it gets repetitive though, like the bloody breakfast buffet thread. But I'm as lazy as the next person

RTFM (manual) is a well known abbreviation especially in the computer industry.

I think the RTFT suggestion comes about if someone posts and makes a point that’s already been made numerous times, or if the original poster has said the situation is resolved.
I usually type the whole word(s) than use acronyms, each to their own.