When a subject title interests you and you click to read the rest..
By katisaurus
@katisaurus (1038)
Canada
November 11, 2007 6:08pm CST
you notice the discussion is HUGE, maybe 3 or 4 large paragraphs.. Do you still read all of the conversation and reply? Or do you just skip it and go on to something else.
This came to mind when I came across a discussion, the title really caught my eye, but since I'm feeling lazy today..when I saw how much detail there was in the discussion I just gave up after the first paragraph and didn't even bother to respond.
Ever done this before?
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9 responses
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
12 Nov 07
Nope, I don't do that. If it interests me I don't care how long it is. If it's long it's most likely a good quality discussion. I have skipped super shourt ones before though because I felt like if that person couldn't take the time to write more than just a couple lines and engage me in an interesting discussion then I wasn't going to take the time to respond to them.
@katisaurus (1038)
• Canada
12 Nov 07
I usually don't but sometimes I read through whole discussions that are decades long and I end up having nothing to say 'cause I lost interest half way through, or they've said everything I could say already.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
12 Nov 07
I will start reading if it holds my interest I continue. Others, are so convoluted that I can not understand them and I give up.
I have no rule on how long the discussion can be.
@garnet80 (349)
• Australia
12 Nov 07
I have to say that I am the same. Sometimes if the topic is long winded you lose intrest or if to complex I don't always understand it and give up.
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
12 Nov 07
It depends on what mood I'm in if ever I see a discussion like that. Usually, when I'm in the mood to respond to discussions, I look for them and when I see one, I just minimize the window box and get back right to it. So, if ever I see one that you were talking about, I just go back to that later when I'm finally able to read the whole discussion. Usually, I save the discussions with long post for last. That way, I can fully concentrate on it.
@nkhanna (922)
• India
12 Nov 07
if a title fascinates me ,then i go ahead with the details.however i never give up in the middle.i think a person has taken so much effort to jot down such a descriptive view so i sud go for it.n most of the time i found that its quite worth reading n responding to such discussion.
@mwala1287 (284)
• Canada
12 Nov 07
I am also extremely tired when I come on here and do it for relaxing purposes. I do not like reading long ones even if the title is amusing. I simple go back and find another one. At this point and time Id prfer not to read a story book when it should be a detailed couple sentences!!!
@Sharon38 (1912)
• Jamaica
12 Nov 07
I read all the way through then respond. I would expect the same thing of others so as my motto says I so unto others and I would have them do unto me.
@nempel (139)
• Indonesia
12 Nov 07
hello katisaurus, yes it's like as you said, when I saw too long words and paragraph than I'm become lasy read it, only 3 - 6 line of words I think is the best composition for a forum like mylot and the other, using 3 - 6 lines of words makes us easier to read and understand the meaning and ask more if we still can't get the idea of the topic, I think thats the best, IMO.
