# Involvement in own thread; meaning of "OP" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 22, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131 "2004-12-22T06:58:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131/21 "2004-12-24T13:23:53Z")
> [@Shadez](#): > > [This Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=292978) about making U-Turns is kind of annoying because the OP hasn’t come back once in the 72 hours the thread has been up. A good number of people have asked this person questions, or speculated, but the OP has not said a word. > > I mean, it’s entirely possible that this poster has been without the internet for the last 72 hours. But if he/she is just watching the thread and not saying anything, it’s sort of rude. > > /S Right on, Shadez. You just beat me to this one. The OP doesn’t state any physical conditions that are essential for a valid answer so 88 posters had to wonder and conjecture about the details. But someone pls tell this newbie, how do I embed the “This Pit Thread” like you did to provide the link. I was planning to cut and paste the entire OP. (Thanks), Ignatz ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131/22 "2004-12-24T13:27:24Z")
The very thread I would have mentioned. I know further information that it is pointless posting unless the **OP** opts in. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131/23 "2004-12-24T13:46:40Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Right on, Shadez. You just beat me to this one. The OP doesn’t state any physical conditions that are essential for a valid answer so 88 posters had to wonder and conjecture about the details. > > But someone pls tell this newbie, how do I embed the “This Pit Thread” like you did to provide the link. I was planning to cut and paste the entire OP. > > (Thanks), > Ignatz Open the thread you want to link, copy its URL, then type [url=http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=292978]This Pit thread but delete the space before the first “URL” to get [This Pit thread](http://http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=292978). ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131/24 "2004-12-24T20:14:50Z")
I can see this in at least two ways. **1.)** There is some grumbling about “drive-by posters” who open a thread, only to abandon it. **2.)** On the other hand, it’s irritating to have an Original Poster who rides herd on his thread, arguing with every poster. **3.)** If the Original Post is vague or confusing, it’s good to have the Original Poster clarify the question. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131/25 "2004-12-25T02:18:43Z")
Ah, thanks, y’all! I shall keep these in mind henceforth. I didn’t want to be rude, nor did I want to do something that would make the Moderators (_shlit"a_) upset. If I were banned, I don’t know how I’d be able to live. The SDMB is like water to me. I love it; I need it; I rejoice and revel in it; it makes me feel good. (My sister and I have this thing about water: we’re both paranoid about it - we _must_ have water with us wherever we go. Reason: when blood sugar gets high, we feel thirsty. Drinking water at that point is the best feeling in the whole, wide world. Such a sense of relief, joy, pleasure, and goodness. It’s hard to explain.) The SDMB is my dope, so to speak. WRS - SDMB, _k’mayim min hashamayim_. Amen! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/involvement-in-own-thread-meaning-of-op/281131.md?page=1)