Reading and You...

[Knight Templar]

I just leave a thread alone for a bit, come back after a fair bit of skiming.

But for ironic reasons I have just jumped stright to post to see where it goes.

 

[Fire Daemon]

It depends. If it is a thread where two or more people are having an argument/conversation I just give up. There is no way I can keep up with them.

Usually I read the first page and the last page and get an idea of what is happening in the thread na dthen quote the last post or something similar.

 

[stompy]

I read as much as it takes to get an in depth understanding as to what has been going on. Usually the quote option saves a lot of time rather than going back a few pages.

Yep, me too.

 

[Ultrajoe]

I just read the OP and drop like a stone to the postbox

if its the second time posting in the thread, ill read the first page and the one before the current one.... and the current one

and then ill post with an actual contribution

as this is my first post in this, i have no idea if this has already ben said.

 

[Daymo]

Normally the first two pages and the last page once i make the post

 

[Gooble]

Depends on whether it's worth reading, like if people are basically putting the same thing over and over there's not much point, but if it's lots of different opinions then I'll normally read the first 1-3 pages, then the last one.

 

[Easykill]

Usually all of it, or just the first post if it's really long.

 

[werepossum]

I read everything up to and including the post to which I'm replying, or the whole thing if I'm replying to the original poster, so as to not risk looking like more of a tool than is strictly necessary and unavoidable.

Except I skimmed some of the random statements thread.

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

I read the first few pages, then I skim around, checking people's avatars and stopping if it's one of the people whose opinions I usually share/admire their writing/think are funny. Once a thread breaks 4 pages, unless it's an elaborate list, I stay away.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Yeah, me too Elbie Jay.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I read enough to get the general flow of a discussion, but I usually don't read through all the various "replies" and "re-replies".

 

[the monopoly guy]

i either read most of the posts skipping some, or all of them, or a page or so...I htought this thread was about books...I got my wizard outfit out and painted a lighint bolt on my forhead and everything...damn

 

[Wolfdale]

Depends on the kind of thread. If it's a review, or a news article, I'll read all the posts or at least skim them. If it's just some kind of "I'm bored so let's post a random poll thread" that I'm replying to, I'll read every other post or just the last two before my own.

 

[werepossum]

I read the first few pages, then I skim around, checking people's avatars and stopping if it's one of the people whose opinions I usually share/admire their writing/think are funny. Once a thread breaks 4 pages, unless it's an elaborate list, I stay away.

Why would you want to check out the posts of those whose opinions you usually share when it's the diametrically opposed opinions which make you think and should therefore be most interesting and illustrative?

 

[Emerald Elf]

i normaly read the first page, then i have a idear what i want to say after i have left a comment i skim through the rest looking 4 what catches my eye.

 

[Chrissyluky]

i generally read the first few and see if anything pops out at me.

 

[Lord George]

i normaly read the first page, then i have a idear what i want to say after i have left a comment i skim through the rest looking 4 what catches my eye.

Why did you rez this year old thread to say that?

 

[Federalist92]

I normally read the first few to get the idea of other peoples opinions, then i'll skip read some of the rest.
I'll normally read most of the small one-liners, but alot of the essay ones i'll juust skim to get the jist

 

[Lord Krunk]

First 2 pages, last 2 pages, or all if the page count is 3 or under.