diff --git a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
index d1d5cb8..f9a5c98 100644
--- a/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
+++ b/URLNotesGrabberCORE/Program.cs
@@ -488,6 +488,16 @@ namespace URLNotesGrabberCORE
                         var raw = postsResponse?.rawJson ?? string.Empty;
                         if (raw.Length > 500) raw = raw.Substring(0, 500) + "...[truncated]";
                         Console.WriteLine($"[Reply Text]   raw: {raw}");
+
+                        // First-page 200 OK with empty notes = post has no conversational notes per Tumblr.
+                        // Mark all the post's replies '?' so the work queue stops handing this post back.
+                        if (page == 1 && postsResponse?.meta?.status == 200)
+                        {
+                            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+                            Console.WriteLine($"[Reply Text] Marking all replies for {blogName}/{postID} '?' (200 OK with no conversational notes)");
+                            Console.ForegroundColor = prevColor;
+                            DataAccess.UpdateAllNoteReplyTextForPost(blogName, postID, "?");
+                        }
                         break;
                     }