# Posts in thread picking up OP's title? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 30, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315 "2016-09-30T21:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/1 "2016-09-30T21:39:20Z")
This is utterly trivial, and I am merely curious. Sometimes I see posts well down in a thread where the post has duplicated the title from the OP, right down to original odd spellings and punctuation. I realize the poster might have just re-typed the title, but the exact reproduction makes me wonder. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19667030&postcount=85) is an example from today. Is there a way of starting a post in a thread where it automatically picks up the title from the OP? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/2 "2016-09-30T21:46:06Z")
I wouldn’t say automatically, but it is possible a later poster just copies and pastes the title into their posts. That would account for odd spelling and punctuation being reproduced exactly. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/3 "2016-09-30T21:46:24Z")
It’s a feature of Tapatalk - if you post in a thread without replying to an existing post, it repeats the thread title as the post subject. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/4 "2016-09-30T21:51:42Z")
More precisely, it’s a feature of some versions of Tapatalk on some devices. Tapatalk on both my WinPhone and my Android phone do not do that. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/5 "2016-09-30T22:33:37Z")
Thanks for the info. Curiosity salved. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/6 "2016-09-30T22:53:37Z")
\*\*Posts in thread picking up OP’s title? When I do this, I copy and paste the title into my post. Most of the time I fail to go back and edit my own text, which has picked up the bolding from that which I copied. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/7 "2016-10-01T02:01:12Z")
Why would you choose to restate the title of the thread within your post? All posts in a thread can be assumed to be more or less about the same subject as the OP. If someone wanted to launch a hijack it’d be sort-of sensible to state a fresh title to call attention to your new direction. But reinforcing the default topic seems pointless. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/8 "2016-10-01T02:27:55Z")
People often do things that seem pointless. I’ve given up figuring people out. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/9 "2016-10-01T07:32:33Z")
I write up a reply, hit “Go Advanced”, and this gives me a “Title” space where I sometimes copy/paste the thread title. I do this typically when I want to make a smartass ironic response to that title. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/10 "2016-10-01T12:24:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I write up a reply, hit “Go Advanced”, and this gives me a “Title” space where I sometimes copy/paste the thread title. I do this typically when I want to make a smartass ironic response to that title. That’s the same for me as well. If I have some smartass comeback, joke, comment about the spelling or grammar of the title or something else specifically related to the title _and_ the thread has enough posts that people aren’t going to remember it at that point. So just posting "You’re gonna _what_ me in the _where_??? isn’t going to make sense, but it will it you recall the typo in thread title 40 posts back, I’ll repost it. Or, for that matter, if I want to actually answer the question asked in the title but maybe not addressed in the OP, so it’s not picked up by quoting. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/11 "2016-10-01T12:57:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I write up a reply, hit “Go Advanced”, and this gives me a “Title” space where I sometimes copy/paste the thread title. I do this typically when I want to make a smartass ironic response to that title. Yep ETA: not sure where **Bryan Ekers** gets off implying I’m a smartass, though. EETA: I mean, _ironic_, sure, I’m down with that. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/12 "2016-10-01T14:28:18Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I write up a reply, hit “Go Advanced”, and this gives me a “Title” space where I sometimes copy/paste the thread title. I do this typically when I want to make a smartass ironic response to that title. It’s also an excellent way to signal that my reply is to the Original Post, i.e. the basic query that was the basis for the thread, and not some side-comment or thread hijack that may have been running for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/13 "2016-10-01T17:43:13Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It’s also an excellent way to signal that my reply is to the Original Post, i.e. the basic query that was the basis for the thread, and not some side-comment or thread hijack that may have been running for a while. Indeed. I’m likely to cite the title if my post is largely the first thing that came to mind after reading that title, regardless of what discussion the original post overall may have sparked . If I happen to be the first (or at least among the first) respondents, it may not seem necessary. [One occasion I didn’t cite the title but normally would have](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4862828&postcount=6) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-in-thread-picking-up-ops-title/767315/14 "2016-10-01T17:56:40Z")
For me it due to using Tapatalk. Wish I could turn it off but I just can’t find a setting for that in this version