Please can you read the discussion?

I noticed a few people having this issue lately.I've had it a couple times myself but cant remember a specific discussion. I tend to think ummm yeah they didnt read what i wrote before answering. On occasion I'm guilty of not reading the whole discussion I latch on to the part i understand or have an answer to and run with that. Some times im guilty of not having the on topic answer for a discussion because i misunderstood what the original poster meant when they were talking. I try to put a general idea in the subject not a question lately because then people seem to actually read the discussion to find out my point.

Hi ebsharer, I always read the discussion completely before responding. In fact sometimes I am not getting what they want to ask and after reading the content, I can understand the real issue. I also seen some people are replying arrogantly. I am sure that the particular person didn't read the content. If the discussion is very lengthy it may take time to read and those don't want to read the whole discussion, they can ignore the discussion rather than giving baseless reply. Everytime it is not possible to include the main theme in topic. We have to add our opinion and it is possible only in the content part. I think I am doing justice to my comments. Thanks for putting this discussion and I hope it may helps to others to realising the importance of reading the whole discussion.

I have to admit I'm ambivalent about some of the way out there subjects - probably meant to grab attention for the discussion. Some subjects just irritate me and some are intriguing enough to find out what the discussion is really about. So, yes, I do read the whole discussion. I don't post many discussions anymore - brain drain, can't think of any lately. So I don't post questions, probably couldn't think of a good one to play off my discussion. I'm just enjoying answering discussions lately.

hi! ebsharer..i have read the whole article you have posted it is very clear here.., that from your observation people don't read the whole discussion they just read the subject and jump. For me, if i wouldn't be able to read the whole discussion. I felt guilty and i'm not contented and i want to go back with the topic if i don't understand it...How i wish people would have the patience to read the discussion it's just the same saying a speaker having a good listener.

I am relatively new here and don't have a lot of experience in this forum. However, I think the discussion you've opened is a worthy one and I wanted to reply. I always read the whole discussion, both to understand what the original poster was saying and to see what others thought about the subject. I've only started one discussion myself and apparently those who responded understood what I was saying because their comments were on point. Although this is a new medium for me, I am an experienced public speaker so when I started my first discussion I stated the topic in the subject line and asked the questions in the content section. I will probably continue this practice because that is the way I was trained to work up a talk. I do have a couple of observations. It seems to me that a lot of people here are in too big of a hurry to see their words in print. If they took a moment to read over what they had typed before they hit the post button they could correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and typo's. This would make it easier for their readers to understand what they mean. Also, I enjoy responding to discussions where I'm sure my comments will be read. I will respond more often to those discussions where I see that the original poster replies to most of the responders. Thanks for opening this discussion and reading my long post.

I did that the other day cannot remember the exact disussion it was but I did realise and left them a ps message and actually answered the point they had asked.x

look, I wanna earn as much money as I can so I don't have time to read long discussions I just answer them who cares if they're relevant or not I get paid don't I? - lol Actually if a discussion gets too long I just stopand look for another discussion. You are right you should respond accordingly. :)

I read the whole discussion. I think titles can be misleading and some people are better at writing them than others.

What discussions have you started ...... None so far, I haven't started many. Are you guilty of.... Nope, but I do sometimes find the Topic Posted and the content of their post less interesting than the other replies in the thread. Am I guilty because I tend to respond to those parts of the discussion, then yes. I sometimes stray away from the questions being asked by the Main Poster. This is sometimes to elaborate on the parts of the replies which I can offer more explanation, but it is the "gist" of the subject being discussed. Do you post a question.... I've only started a couple of New Discussions, so I can't say I habitually will start with a Topic Question...

I always look at the subject.If the subject is good.Then i read the whole discussion and respond to it.From the subject we come to know if the discussion is interesting or we can respond to the discussion.I always post a discussion in the subject.

I wrote a few discussions were people just responded to the title and didn't read the whole discussion and when I viewed there responds it didnt even make since, I agree that people should try and take more time and really read the discussion's before responding.

I will carefully read the contents of the discussion, so i know what the content of the discussion, i will give their answer.

Some people here just want to post as many discussions as they can to increase the number of it, which is really a bad behavour, i don't lnow how people can earn money here, i am a freshman here, but i do know how to post a good respond or a good discussion, for we should take the responsibility for what we have done. By doing that , we will never fill guilty of what we have done, thank for start this discussion.

I am new to this mylot, but i always read the whole discussion so that the response i give would be worth for both of us.A good conversation is response from both the sides,i strongly believe in that.

Oh man I always read through the discussion because I can speedread when I am on the net and if I don't get it the first time, I always try to reread so I can give the best quality response possible. And I don't know if it counts but I've started very specific topics in one of the anime sections and some people just responded with a very general/vague comment like "Thanks for sharing" and saying that it was interesting and could not watch it since they did not have cable when I mentioned I streamed it for free online in the first post. .xD;. It's not like I'm too bothered by it since not very many people respond to me in my favorite section nowadays and my star rating has gone down because of it, but I'm still happy to get responses.

I always read the whole discussion. If I open it and find that it is just too long to read the whole thing, then I make note of what interest category it is in, so that I can come back to it later. There is nothing wrong with waiting until your head is clear, you are more awake, you have more time, you know that you wont' be distracted while trying to type your response, etc. and so on. That's much better than just typing whatever just to be able to respond to it. As long as no more than a day or two go by, it should still be okay to come back and respond to it when you are more able to. I used to feel like I needed to be the FIRST to respond to a topic, but now I know that that's not true. If I have something to say, but no time to say it at the exact time that I discover the topic, then I make note of where it is, and come back later when I DO have time to give my full attention to reading the WHOLE Discussion and to responding with 100% effort.

I am new to this mylot, but i always read the whole discussion so that the response i give would be worth for both of us.A good conversation is response from both the sides,i strongly believe in that.

I try to read the whole discussion, but sometimes they are so darned long that I end of skimmy! So yes I am guilty ONLY sometimes of not reading the whole thing. Though I will try to be a good girl from now on & read ALL of it!! hehe!! And I usually post a question in the subject line or whatever the topic is of my discussion.