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Time to be honest . . . . How many of you read "all the posts" on a long thread. I don't - but I do scan through to see if the original poster added any further posts - and I do scan through (not carefully read) a lot of the responses. I'm a fast reader - and a fast scanner - I used to teach English and Social Studies and often took 500 papers home a night to read and grade... and my current job in the medical profession is scanning at least a thousand pages of material a day - with several other duties as well. I can't even imagine how long it must take someone who reads more slowly to get through all the posts on some of these longer threads - especially if they try to keep up with all the threads - as well as respond to many of them. (It would be a full time job...) I think all the activity is what makes this such a great forum. It is one busy place! Let me know how much you read? Carol Jean |
im like you, i scan and look for posts my the original author. |
It truly depends. On threads that are about subjects that I'm passionate about (pit bulls, petstores etc) I read the whole post. but when posts just go on forever, I usually just skim. :) |
i read them. i am recovering from a brain injury from a car accident and reading and posting helps me with my cognitive skills. p.s. put your furbaby in a carseat they save furbaby lives :aimeeyork |
I try to read most posts but skip the ones that are long without paragraph breaks. To hard to read.... I really try to though. Sometimes I feel I maybe missing out a lot of good information in those posts but my poor eyes can't take it. |
It all depends...If it's a subject of great interest to me I will read through the entire thread if I feel I am gaining some knowledge from it. Other more generic type threads I browse and repeat subjects I sometimes skip all together. |
Me again -- I'll tell you some of the posts I'm especially not good about reading. 1) All capital letters. 2) Baby talk (oh, I really don't like these!!!) Some of you love them! 3) Colors - like red, etc. 4) Very bad grammer - this is just me. (I do, however, really appreciate anyone who is using English as a second language. I admire anyone who learns a second language.) I don't mind long posts if they're interesting. 4) I'm beginning to skip some subjects occasionally because I have read about these things so often. (This happens after we have been here a while.) Potty training - barking - puppymills - Yorkie weights, etc. 5) And I think we all have some things that we just aren't as interested in as we are other things. Keep going - I'm enjoying hearing how much we read - and what we read. Carol Jean |
I will usually scan through the long posts. If the topic is something that I am familiar about I will post my opinion. I am a fast reader so it is easy for me. The rest of my family are slow readers. I don't know what I would do if I could not read fast, because I love reading and writing. :) |
I try to read all posts in a thread as sometimes I find I do learn something new from someones's comment or advice. I have Multiple Sclerosis and have difficulty reading sometimes. I usually have to avoid the posts that are one huge, long paragraph as I find I lose my place easily. I find it much easier when people break up their posts into many paragraphs. |
I read all...mostly. You know, my husband teases me about how much time I spend on YT now! If I read every single post all the way through the entire thread, there would be no time for anything else in my life, lol!! :D Like you, I am also tending to skip repetitive issues, though if I notice no one or few people have replied in a while, I will post to give info or teach a new person how to search so they can research on their own and find the answers. I also read through long threads sometimes if I like the posters very much, or if I am certain there will be amusement for me along the way! (Rhonda & Deb's thread for example!) To be completely honest, I read every post especially if a thread becomes "heated". I love the occasional human drama! :p I love YT, and am grateful for all the information and friends it has brought to me. It's awesome! Admittedly tedious sometimes, but awesome overall! :thumbup: |
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I usually TRY to read ALL the posts in a thread. That way I don't end up saying something already said ....or sounding like I missed the last ferry to the mainland. I'm a speed reader so I usually don't have a problem skimming thru each page of long threads....but when they go over 5 pages...then it can be a bit much. as far as things posted that get repeated - I try to post or check those out - much of the info bears repeating even if I've already seen it a thousand times.....PLUS - I remember being brand new to forums & that's how we learn. |
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Like you I am a fast reader, but I don't like: 1. baby talk 2.light coloured writing 3.Capitals-it's like shouting. After 3 months on Yorkietalk, I sometimes skim the potty training and other really common threads. There are some threads i am interested in,but have had no experience in yet,so can't comment,but read the other replies with interest.The hot threads are good to check out,but I also try to look at those with few replies that may have got'lost'. I will do more paragraphing after reading this thread! lol |
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