do people actually read posts or do the just read first couple ones and then reply

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Mallow

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Usually read most but not all of a thread. I read enough to get the gist of the conversation and leave any useful nuggets I can.
 

PigPig

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depends~~

if the posts are interesting, i'll read all of them.....
except there are tons and tons of posts.. kinda like you can never finish reading them all!!

if the posts are not interesting, i'll just read the first page usually.........

 

aswedc

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ill read MOST of them.. but when it gets to be like 100 replies.. then i wont. Ill just read the first 50 or so.
I'm the opposite, I'll read the last 50 when its real long so I know whats going on...
 
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depends on topic. for example, i just read the title of this thread hit reply without even reading the first post....or any after it.
 

pennylane

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Originally posted by: agnitrate
Many times, I don't even need to read the post.

I look at the username and I look at who created it and I have made my judgement.

-silver

hahahahahaha
 

yobarman

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this is why god invented the quick reply. No need to scroll and read other people's opinions!
 

Kev

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if somebody says something stupid i hit reply right away and don't wait till the end of the post. but by that time the person has usually already been flamed 18 times so my post ends up repeating what others had said. other than that i read the whole thing.
 

Amused

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Wouldn't this be known as the Skoorb effect?

I believe it would.
 

xirtam

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Somebody's probably already said this, but all I read was your initial post, and I concur... that does appear to be a problem.

But I don't think there's much we can do to rectify the situation.
 

tarheelmm

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Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
ill read MOST of them.. but when it gets to be like 100 replies.. then i wont. Ill just read the first 50 or so.


exactly
 

Metalloid

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Depends on the topic and how long the thread is. If I am interested I will read it all. But with this thread for instance, I just replied.
 

Eli

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For me, it depends on the subject of the post.

Like this one, I didn't read the thread. :p