Forum threads posting ...blank

[tali1]

Noticed on many types of online forums that some member(s) will reply in a thread by posting nothing but a empty space , or just a full stop.
what does this mean - is it an "insult" of "i've got nothing to say?"
Please no blank replies :)

[Tilly2]

Nobody does that on here , thank goodness. How irritating and annoying that would be..................and rude.

[factor-fiction]

I don't know about other sites but the only time I see it here is where someone has added a youtube link and just need to put a full stop in the Answer box before the submit button will be activated.

[boxtops]

Agree with factor, and I've also seen it done to bring that post back up to the top of the Latest Posts list.

[Tilly2]

Have you, boxtops? I haven't noticed that.

[boxtops]

admittedly not very often, tilly - I've seen it done on FB too, to keep a post at the top of the page.

[factor-fiction]

I was wondering whether tali1 couldn't see the youtube clips so it just looked like a blank post

[wildwood]

I've often seen it on auction sites where the seller can't be online all the time (who can?) at a similar Q that has is answered to an earlier Q.

[ChuckFickens]

IT gets done on here sometimes when somebody with a really offensive username gets banned, even when they are banned the offensive username can still show as the last person to post on a thread, so people post a full stop just to stop the name being displayed.

[Prudie]

I've seen it done on here a few times. I always thought it was on trolly posts as if to say not worth commenting on.

[factor-fiction]

And I think we've done it sometimes on here as a quick way of bumping posts with offensive titles off the 'latest posts' list

[EvianBaby]

I've seen it done on facebooks groups to 'bump' the page so it stays at the top or in most recent posts.

[ttfn]

Mull it over, boxy ?
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1182609.html

[Mamyalynne]

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[tali1]

okay , so it's a bump for old threads and stopping rude names- but what about active threads that are updated daily and with no rude names?

[factor-fiction]

Are you talking about posts on Answerbank, tali1, or just sites in general

[Svejk]

When using mobileAB sometimes when trying to rejoin site you just happen to land on the 'answer box' page. Personally, when this happens, I log out & back on again. This sort of round the houses method takes some time. I expect it'd be a lot quicker to just press 'submit' or'.' & submit.

[tali1]

factor30 - not AB but forum sites in general

[hc4361]

It bumps the thread up to the top on a lot of forums.

[tali1]

That may be , as i 've said before i have seen it on threads that are active on a daily basis