Do you read contents before responding?

I always read the contents of the discussion before I respond. Just like you said it was best to do this for your response to be related to the topic. However, there are times that I didn't read it all because it was too long, kinda read the first and middle part of the paragraph, although, it was quite rare of me to do that.

ya i will always read the contents before responding.after reading it only we can respond to it correctly.if suppose the text is too long i will scan through the text fastly.so it always good to read the text and respond...

hi djoyce, well, in the past, when i my number of post was still very few, i would try to post as many as possible, as fast as possible. so, i would just read the subject and immediately responded it. but you know, some discussions are tricky. the subjects sometime practically nothing to do with the descriptions. so i few times got caught responding without reading , and get nice scold from the starters. now when the number beside my user name is not so embarrassing, i am slowing down. i try to find discussions, read the whole descriptions and respond them properly. well, i feel much better now

Of course I read the content . Because I go to mylot is for learn english ,but not the money . so I read every content, and sometimes if there are good sentences I even make a note . I only post 5 or less posts . That is why I am be a mylot for 6months ,but I only have 190 posts.

I always read the whole content of the discussion before responding so that i will know how she/he came up with that certain topic.Although sometimes, like you i also just directly answer the question on the title.But mostly i would really read the whole content.

Ofcourse yes, i always read contents of any discussions before i make responds and you are right it's very important to read before you answer the discussions..Same to you!!!Good day!!!

oh yes... i always read the content of the discussions before i respond to them... i never respond to a discussion without reading the content... to me, it is just not right... how can you respond to something that you don't know what the poster is talking about??? and i never like to make assumptions... take care and have a nice day...

Yes. always, I don't want to mislead the person who started the discussion. and how will I give a good feedback into his/her discussion if I would not read it.? I believe that a good reader is a good writer.

I always read the contents. You are right, it is very important. Sometimes what is in the title does not explain the whole contents. And if you just answer without reading in entirety, chances are you will look stupid because your resply is out of context. I've had a number few respondents who obviously did not read my entire post and I am really offended because their replies shows they did not take time to read the whole posts. Well it does not serve the purpose of posting. We post not just to earn but to share helpful ideas. How can we help if we are out of context and we do not know what we are talking about.

Most of the time i do read the content but some times i do reply without reading the content also in hurry to reply.

i try to read the contents before starting the discussion. that gives me an idea of what has been discussed so far n what more i can add. but if the content is too long i try to scan through it fast and get only the relevant things noted. i think reading the content always helps in responding to a discussion.

I do like to read the contents before responding to a comment. Because sometimes you can look at the title and you're like, oh I know what they are talking about and forget the reading and just comment and what you commented on has nothing to do with what they were talking about in their discussion. That has happened to me a couple of times and then I'm just like, I'll just read what they are talking about first. Sometimes what they are talking about in their discussion you may not know about, so when I get to that I just skip over. I started making my titles a little giving into what I am talking about so people can read my discussion before responding.

I read the title and then I read the contents :D and yup it is best to read both! because it is always good to see what the discussions are really about.

If its too long, I read up until the half part and get the idea then I reply to the subject. If its short then I read the entire content. I'm kinda lazy moving around the lenghty contents.

When i was new i never knew that the content and the head line would not sometimes get realted i just answered for the head line i was about to notice that some other things was in the body of the discussion i deleted everything went and wrote a correct reply only after reading it fully.. From that day till now i read the title and as well the body of the discussion i understand the discussion and respond it.. and that is my routine procedure..

From the time I am using MyLot I have read all contents, every single word of all the discussions I have replied. I know that some discussions have question like subject which explains almost everything but I still read every single word of the discussion, just to make sure that MyLot friend hasn't asked a question within his discussion.

Most of the time i read first the discussion for me to know what should i tell to the person who post that topic.When i read the topics it gives me a lot of ideas and opinions on what am i going to respond on those discussion that is being posted in the board.

djoyce hi oh I always read title and the contents as I muyself often use a somewhat misleading catchy title so you must read my contents in order to understand my discussion. I hate it when people say oh I read it if its short otherwise.... otherwise'you make dumb responses and I will ask you if you read all of my discussion as your answer does seem to say you did not read it..thisis rude of mylotters as I have never seen a discussion thats so long you could not take time to read it.

I always read the replies to the original post when composing my reply. Sometimes there are other things I want to address. Of course sometimes, when they are just yes or no questions, so then I just reply.

Hi To be honest with your most of them I did in order to the point can idea for giving a response,however sometime I did not go though for every text just for scan and skim for only the main contents,and then write the comment for them.btw In my opinion I think everybody do read the content but might be diffent for the way or the method they use with this ...haha I am a new writer and not good as write at all so I have to take long time for go though ..so I gotta end my respondes at here without any clue haha best regards Have a nice day