Honestly, did you read before post?

Of course. I only reply after I'm sure I understand the meaning they want to express. It's impolite to reply without serious reading and thought.

Yes, Ofcourse! how should I answer certain topic if I don't read it first.I don't think so it will take you a whole day to read a certain topic or discussion. Sometimes your response might have been given by someone. You're just repeating same post.

I'm one of those people who, when I'm at a party, will hover politely on the edge of other people's discussions - including friends I know - and try not to be noticed until I feel I've heard enough to give a valid contribution. This goes back to my student days, when I tail-marked a conversation trailing the keywords "films" and "Target", gave my contribution about the size of John Travolta's backside, and got a rather bemused, "Yes, but what we were ACTUALLY discussing was B-lymphocytes, and the effect on plasma proteins of inhibiting hypoxia-induced autophagy due to exposure to nuclear fusion" type answer. In other words yes, I ALWAYS read other people's comments before giving my own. What's more, my contribution is usually a comment on some-one else's post, rather than a direct reply to the discussion. Except today, when I came straight here.

It depends on the discussion. If its to a spsiffic topic or a question requiring an exact answer. I read to make sure someone else has answered. If the author of the discussion appears to be confused, I'll still reply. However if the person is clear then I don't. If a person asks an opinion about something then I post.

no,actually in most of the times i dont read before posting.....i just tead the name of the discussion and know that yea,this is what i have to post and start posting,if i start reading all the posts thn maybe it will be the only discuusion where i have posted...but somtimes before posting i do look at the previous post only

hai friends, frankly speaking, there will be no time to read all the posts as we are busy with our schedule. but the people making the comments might think that all their matter is read by the discussion creater.

Personally for me sometimes reading another discussion and responding back to it will stir up a discussion I want to start as well. But no, a lot of times I do not go and read all of the discussions or responses back to a discussion before responding back or starting a New discussion as I do not have the time. Lately due to everything going on in my life, time is so limited, but I still do what I can and hope for the best as well.

I tend to read most of the responses on the first page of a discussion and then quick scan through the rest stopping on those which seem to add something different to what has gone before. Sometimes the responses can be better than the actual discussion and quite often I will respond to an interesting response before I make my own response to the main discussion. Whilst I feel like I should read all the responses to a discussion before responding, sometimes the thought of 5 or even more pages of responses to read is off putting, especially if I already have my response formulated in my mind.

I just read only to those discussion that I have commented, my friend. But with whole discussion I didn't... There are many interesting thing here, mylot but we need more time to comment because we need to kill time here. If we don't do that we can't get any... Have a nice day!!!

Depends on the length. hahah ^_^ If it's kinda like this discussion. I'll read it all, but for the discussion that is like almost a page of a book. I'm just answering the question mention on their discussion title. hahah ^_^ Just reading a few paragraphs.

if dont read, how to respond? at first, i think so. but after reading ur discussion, suddenly, i feel some really can reply after reading the titles.

I do sometimes, but the majority of the time I don't. The times that I do read the entire discussion before I post are those times that the discussion at hand is something that is extremely interesting to me. The times that I don't read the entire discussion is when the discussion that we are referring to is something that I read the opening of the discussion and there is immediately something in which I wish to contribute to the discussion.

you're absolutely correct, maxilimian. time, oftentimes, prevent us from reading posts, much as we want to do that. but interest drives us to comment on other people's posts. and once you get the bug, it's difficult to stop.

Yes I do but there I times I just scan on it if the topic seems familiar already. There are even titles that shows already the content thats why I dont read it anymore. But somehow reading helps in understanding better in every discussion.You give better feedbacks as well.

No I didn't. I just read the title. Like yours, I just read the "Did you read before post?" section. I don't like waste my time to read. Hehehehe. I just want to make it fast. I don't have much time do to this. I must take care for my family you know

It is of course always not possible for me, instead I use to read the words as the typing takes place. Since english is not my mother tongue too, I don't bother about the spelling mistakes - honestly. But if the meaning of sentence is not clear and not structured by grammar, I should worry about the presentation of my discussion topic or the acceptance of comment from other side. Plz take care!

Mnay a times we do read, but we miss as well. Short of time or just like that. However reading others thought are important and good for the knowledge .Its true we share the same thought but write in our words,express the way we want to.

Yes !! you are wright, I think we read,atleast I read, Just now I read yours and now I am adding my comments. Reading helps to express your own views.Helps to improve the knowledge may be there are many topics I dont have any knowledge,therefore understant after reading the same.Is int it?

I try to read before I post, especially if the person is asking for some kind of advice. But if it's my opnion, then reading other's posts is not going to change my opnion. Sometimes I don't have the time either. But when I do, I try to read other's posts and check their box also. There was one time I checked someone's box because I thought they had a good argument, although I still disagreed with them. So I like reading other's posts, when I have time.

Yes I read post. I am still reading post and trying to response in some discussion. And it is impossible to response without reading the post. It is time consuming. With reading other opinion I can't express my opinion. I think reading is must for me before posting.