my Andy Rooney moment for the day: using nt or eom in subject lines on DU

[steve2470]

nt = no text, it means the body of the message has nothing to read.

eom = end of message, it means the exact same thing as nt or (nt)

My understanding is, you type them in the subject line to indicate that, yes indeed, there is absolutely nothing to read in the body of the post.

If I am wrong, I will publicly flog myself with a wet noodle! Have a good weekend.

[alphafemale]

1. Correct.

Putting nt or eom is a way to indicate that the reader does not need to click to read further.

There is no further.

[GoneOffShore]

16. Ken Kesey spelled it 'furthur' n/t

[PoliticAverse]

2. That's correct. n/t

Usually.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Correct.

Putting nt in the message text block is silly, because someone still has to open the message block to see it and the purpose of putting it in the subject line is to save them the trouble.

Unless you enjoy making other people work harder.

eom

[pinboy3niner]

8. Indeed!

nt

[Wounded Bear]

12. Asshole!

nt

eom

[pinboy3niner]

13. ...

[lastlib]

4. do we get to watch the wet noodle thing?

[PufPuf23]

5. Another easy one is kr kick recommend nt eom

[eShirl]

6. Sometimes I like waiting until body of the message to say "n/t"

as a joke.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Well in that case...

...what the hell are you looking here for?

[Revanth]

7. Yaa really

Yaa you are correct.

[CBGLuthier]

10. I never use them. What do I care if someone wastes time looking for a message that is not there?

[pinboy3niner]

11. Ignored said what?

[Arugula Latte]

14. I think that evolved in the old, slow dial-up days (?)

There was a lot of waiting for things to load.

[jomin41]

15. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I'll never do it again.

never