If you want to see if the handle has reviews (monger or escort) you open the post. Or if you want to see if the post is by an alias, you open the post.
Because it takes so damn long to open each post, some of us just hold down the Control key and then click - click - click - open a whole bunch of posts in new tabs ... w/o reading the subject lines. And the "eom" comments usually have to be read in sequence anyway. That's how I try to read posts in proper sequence (since flat mode is strictly chronological).
TER is making changes to the web site (the Beta). I think it tries to display posts and replies in an easier to read (properly threaded) order. I still don't like the Beta.
If you want to see if the handle has reviews (monger or escort) you open the post. Or if you want to see if the post is by an alias, you open the post.
It means end of message. Nothing more to it. Not a extra step. Just that someone wanted to get there word out and not in a full paragraph so it's end of message.
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