X question

OneYorkshireLass

Genuine question about the X. Couldn't see which thread to tag onto, sorry to make a new one about a hot topic ...

Does this mean that people open every thread?

I don't know about anyone else but I can tell whether I would enter just by hovering over the thread title - so why would I open it just to tick that I wanted to skip/not enter/whatever else people are using the X for?

p.s I'm using FF, usually use IE9 and my font keeps changing. Anyone know why?!

Barnabysue

That was my thought too, I still can't really see the need for it myself.

vulture

I have found it great for marking posts that look promising from the title (ie win ipad) but on opening I do not want to enter for what ever reason, it saves me keep seeing them and opening thinking I have missed them. I do not open every thread just ones that look promising / tempting

vulture

I dont hover I open multiple tabs on each page then work through them.

Barnabysue

I suppose everyone comps in different ways. I also hover over the title and don't bother opening the thread if it doesn't appeal to me.

OneYorkshireLass

vulture wrote: »

I dont hover I open multiple tabs on each page then work through them.

That's different ... I'm too disorganised to do mulitple tabs

LadyMorticia

I use multiple tabs and I'm opening all comps just to X the ones I'm not interested in. I'm a bit OCD like that.:o

fire**fly

OneYorkshireLass wrote: »

Genuine question about the X. Couldn't see which thread to tag onto, sorry to make a new one about a hot topic ...

Does this mean that people open every thread?

I don't know about anyone else but I can tell whether I would enter just by hovering over the thread title - so why would I open it just to tick that I wanted to skip/not enter/whatever else people are using the X for?

p.s I'm using FF, usually use IE9 and my font keeps changing. Anyone know why?!

hiya, i open most threads as sometimes the op hasn't put F/B, Twitter/blog/etc on the title &/or if the prize looks interesting sometimes even if you 'hover' on the post it doesn't say, so end up clicking on the link to find it's one i'm not interested in/is one that's to be live on radio etc, i can then press the X button to show me i've looked at it & am skipping it
then when i refresh to check over the pages from whenever the X tells me i've looked at it & am not needing to check back on it iyswim

nelie

I agree with Firefly.... When i look at threads, i used to click entered, (evern when I hadn't) to stop myself re-opening them at a later date. The X means I can click on it but then mark as read and not entered. x

Torry_Quine

You can't always tell if the competition is for you until you fully open it sometimes. There was a competition for a bed recently but until opening I didn't know that they wouldn't deliver where I live.