Very loooooooooong posts? Do you read them? - Page 2

NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

I just skim over long posts unless they are meant for me. One exception would be if it's quoting an article that I would find interesting. I never read the posts in the tiny print, because I can't. I also don't read posts in colors that are hard on my eyes.

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Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

I do not usually read a long post. And I most definitely won't read a long post that has no paragraph breaks.

AnikaBrodie · ‎03-10-2010

Usually, the first two or three sentences determine whether I will read a long post. Sometimes, yes; sometimes, no.

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shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

99% of the time it is NO! Depends on the topic/poster. If there are no paragraphs, then it's NEVER!

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ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

Long is relative.

I'm more concerned with quality than quantity. If the post is long but the content is interesting, I'll read it. Sometimes I don't even finish a short post because it's just a complaint about a host, the way someone is dressing, or about a reality show I don't care about.

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CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

it depends. one thing is i don't care for all the colored fonts but i do read them. i may have made a few longer posts myself . the lecturing posts i just skip over and also the ones where posters demand sources . like its CommCht101

Jacie · ‎01-09-2011

Rarely, and generally not with an article or news clipping attached.

When that happens, it generally becomes a long and bloviated post. Big yawn.

"Cats are poetry in motion. Dogs are gibberish in neutral." -Garfield

LyndaGee · ‎03-11-2010

If I have time, I read them. Many people here write really well.

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Used to have a gal in here that was long winded would write about a page long full and send links nobody cared a fig about and rambled on about stupid 'stuff'' that never made sense.

I just figured she had early dementia and skipped over all.

Deb1010yetagain · ‎12-09-2013

@ashleigh dupray wrote:
it depends. one thing is i don't care for all the colored fonts but i do read them. i may have made a few longer posts myself . the lecturing posts i just skip over and also the ones where posters demand sources . like its CommCht101

@CatsyCline sometimes the ones that ask for sources bother me. Sometimes it's such a farfetched notion a source should have been provided. Other times it's on the reader and just rude and lazy not to answer your own question and google it yourself.

I don't mind long posts although they're impossible to read if they don't have paragraph breaks. I've actually had to use my finger on the screen to trace the text -- but haven't done that in some time. I'll just skip it.