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I've never understood that. That's literally not the OP. The original poster is the one who posted the post, not a comment.
Using the word that way is antithetical to its very meaning. It's like if I randomly started calling my cousin my grandfather, but unironically (side rant: "unironically" is used to mean "non-sarcastically," because people can't grasp the difference between sarcasm and irony 🤦♀️).
Anyway, you could refer to the "top-level comment," but I don't think there's an acronym for that. But I've seen OC used, it's just rare. OC can refer to any higher-level comment though as long as the context makes it clear which one it's in reference to.
But the one who posted the post is not OOP. That's OP. OOP is the one who posted the post that OP's post refers to.
I guess the POOP would then be any OOPs from OOP's post or prior...
Oh yeah I fully agree it's stupid. OC of course can bring up more confusion since it usually means Original Content.
Oh yeah you're right, I was thinking Orange County which shouldn't cause much confusion, but Original Content could definitely be ambiguous with Original Comment. You're right...