Editing OP (section)

===Original Poster===
The Original Poster of a thread is the chap that posted the very first comment and started the thread in the first place. Though this expression is meaningful on any internet forum, it is mainly used on [[4chan]] and similar anonymous imageboards. Use of the term arose because, on a mainly anonymous board such as 4chan, the original poster will usually have no associated name by which to refer to them, remaining anonymous; hence if a later poster has a need to refer to the person that started the thread, they will do so by calling them the OP.

If you find OP being used as a noun, it is a good bet that this meaning was intended. Use of the definitive article ("the OP") is an almost certain giveaway.

Some forums use the acronym TC (topic creator), which has the same meaning.

There is an unwritten rule that any Original Poster on 4chan is a homosexual.  This is a phenomenon that has archaic origins, dating back to the creation of 4chan itself, and possibly back to the IRC-days.  This phenomenon can be easily identified, because every other poster is overwhelmingly compelled to point it out.

It is possible that the combination of needing to sustain a single conversational topic, being overwhelmingly charming over a textual medium, finding a suitably enticing and appropriate picture to begin a thread with, and suppressing his instincts to exactly the opposite causes so much stress on the mind that an Original Poster [[Slaanesh|simply becomes homosexual to justify the effort he put in.]]  In being sexually attracted to the [[No Girls on the Internet|necessarily all-male community]], the Original Posters brain re-balances their dopamine and serotonin levels naturally, setting right the chemical equilibrium necessary for sanity.

Or they might just be terrible people upon whom are heaped sexual slurs.

Who knows?