when mylotters read do they really read it all?

I have said this time and time again, and I also started a similar discussion as yours about two months ago addressing the same. Most members read the first line and it sets them off. In fact there was this one time whereas I read a discussion I felt I could contribute. After reading the responses first, I realized most members did not clearly read the discussion. So I placed my comment and the originator of the discussion, I suppose was all hot and bothered by all other comments that did not bother to read my response. He was a bit rude and crude commenting back to me. I went ahead and re commented and said not only did the others not read your discussion, but apparently you did not read my response to see that I was agreeing with you, as I too understood the discussion well. I told the member apparently the other members upset you enough that you too are guilty of their actions. So do members read, NO!!! Not all, my intentions here on myLot is to be the person I am off-line which is to not be rude or mean intentionally but to listen while people speak. Can I say that about everyone else. NO!! So the majority of the spats on here is that people do not simply read, and at times they need to re-read. My motto in life is that although everyone may not be the same when it comes to opinions there are some truths to the other side. You just need to read and or listen while spoken to. You may not always agree, but I tell you something, I learn from each and every opposing comment, something that at some point does ring truth.

Hi there sweet little Hatley! YOU are so right! Most people DO NOT read the whole discussion and I notice it's usually the newer people. They are out for the almight "penny" or two, haha. They think they are going to get rich here and just fly through all these discussions writing a sentence or two without even reading what the discussion is all about. I usually come here when I have time on my hands, so I try, really hard, to even read most of the responses to see if I can add to them with something a bit different, or even comment on some of them. Don't get me wrong, if there is a whole bunch of responses, I won't read them all, but I will read a good majority of them. There has been many, many times I've read a title and thought it was about something else, and found out it had nothing to do with that as they were making a joke, or just being clever. Yes, everyone should be a bit more careful and read the entire discussion, or at least speed read it to get the jest of the whole thing.

If they read do they earn for doing so? Apparently not BUT if they respond without reading and the response has nothing to do with the topic do they earn for that? Possibly not either so the saying 'it pays to read' is so true here on myLot. Some of us just love playing with the titles, which are absolutely 100% pertinent to the topic, just as long as they read it all too. If they don't well, they get themselves in a pickle and that is often when the fun starts I saw the discussion that caused this one Hatley and it is so sad that there were so many responses that had nothing whatsoever to do withthe problem inthe topic

that is for sure Hatley dear. i couldnt tell you how many times people have responded with the craziest things. makes you know they did not read what you were talking about. and every once in a while we get a newbie thats just here for the money about 1 out of 50 will start out by responding with 3 or 4 words or make a lot of discussions with 3 or 4 words. i like to welcome most newbies but the silly ones i like see go. i think thats the ones dont read your whole discussion right.

Dear Ms. Hately, I read the content of the discussion before responding for sure. But I have seen many mylotters respond to my discussions based on the Headline or the first few lines only. From those discussion I could find that this happens with newer mylotters and at times with others too. Regards, theSids.

hi Hatley, I always try to read all the responses as much as possible before giving my own response so as not to duplicate what has already been said. I also try to understand the tittle and what the author wants to convey, I try putting myself in his shoes and pretend I'm the one posting even if sometimes it is not written in the best English. My doing this is of course limited to shorter post and few response topics, but if it were a really long one ( like what you did yesterday ), wow that was real hot! I trained my self to glance, and just understand the gist or the main point of the discussion and what responders have to say. Have a nice day and how were the sea gulls?

Hello Hatley, I do read the discussion’s title and content for sure before writing my reply. If I don’t have time to read the content or didn’t understand it well then I won’t respond. As a non-English speaking person I have to be careful and read it thoroughly before posting the reply otherwise I may post ‘nonsense’ reply. Once I asked a question about ‘avatar’ (profile picture) how often you change… one responder replied about the incarnation of GOD. I replied politely to that person I am talking about the profile picture not about GOD.

No, they don't read, really read, what the discussion is about. They see what they want, but I believe it's because they're trying to get as many discussions in as possible, so they're more scanning it than actually reading it (because, you know, reading actually takes time and effort). I've posted test questions on occasion, too, where my question said one thing but wasn't literal just to see if someone actually didn't read the discussion to see what I meant. There's always one - that one who ONLY reads the question or discussion title and answers that without reading the discussion itself. They're wanting to get done quickly without taking any more time than they think is necessary. I think the same is true for those who put down very short answers of anywhere from one to six words because it takes too long to think of more than that. (Of course, it doesn't appear that I suffer from that ailment.)

Sad to say so, many just don't read at all & some even try to give silly open ended responses in order to rake in more responses to gain more $$? Oh well, the world is full of 'interesting' people

i also feel guilty sometimes. but the truth is, i sometimes do not get the idea of the topic or i just misunderstood it.

Hey Hatley. The sad thing is that there are quite a couple of members here that read the title drop a 2-4 liner about who knows what and then never return and the topic in the discussion is far from asnwered. I even had a member post discussions in the interest of my person talking about the elite society, when the interest was about me, and my life ^_^

I used to do that and embarrassed myself and so i read it all. I usually read about half, then start writing as I read the rest. I think some of the foreign ones I may not fully understand and so that causes me problems with my response. JUST A NOTE** I recall a time when I was rising in stars and I hovered at 7 and then at eight and like that for ages. I thought I would never reach 10. Then I did and suddenly I went back to nine. It took time to establish my 10.

Heyya Hately! I do read through the discussion. A title can be a little misleading sometimes where the discussion material is concerned. I sure don't want to answer a discussion with something that has nothing to do with it..lol..I hope that you cleared that newbie's discussion up.

Hi Hatley, So I was one of those people who responded. I generally do read the topic fully and usually read the other comments before I respond. It did so in this case as well. I think I need to be clear then about the difference between "interest Ranking" and "negative ranking." Therein lies my issue regarding my response.

I have encountered this scenario before and remember starting a discussion once with a fairly long introduction, which received a vast number of responses that were quite obviously made by people who were responding to the first few lines only and missed the whole point of the subject. Of course we all know the reason for this and know that it will always continue to some extent. Many members are in such a hurry to make a response and move on to the next that they feel it would be a waste of time to read the whole story and respond as soon as they feel that they have glimpsed something of the topic. I appreciate that many members are interested in increasing their activity, but this approach would remove the pleasure of Mylot in my opinion.

Yes I think most times the experienced people show the path for the youngsters. Cricket is one of the game that I like very much. I would compare myLot with cricket. The seniors set records for the youngsters to break. The youngsters have to try very hard and has to do quality type work to break it. The seniors groom the youngsters to be better player. I also think it is better to read the whole discussions than the title becomes sometimes the content might vary from the title and also when a person reads the whole discussions it might help them to understand better.

I think you are right hatley, that users won't read the discussion from begging to end. I normally do read them as I feel the only proper way to respond is to read first so I can give an intelligent response, one that goes alone with the discussion. I will read a discussion, that seems to be interesting to start with, but as I keep on reading, I lose interest in it, and then I will just not respond at all. It just doesn't make sense to post a response by the title alone, as the discussion will be much more than what the title suggests. You just can't give a proper response, unless you take the time to read the discussion. Now, there are times I don't read all the responses before i post mine, especially those with more than one page. I really don't think I have to worry about someone saying the same thing as me anyway. I will however, read them, when there aren't all that many, so I can get an idea what others are trying to say as well. There have been times that I will comment back to responses, and then respond with my own response after that. I just feel that to respond we must take time to read first. Good luck to you and happy mylotting.

A bit of an old topic, but still wanna make my opinion. I think that sometimes what you said happens, people just read it in a rush, and dont really read it well. Sometimes it is because, as mylot´s members are from all around the world and not all have english as their first language, it may happen that they don´t truly understand english very well. On the other side, again, as mylot´s members are from all different kind of places, the one who made the discussion can´t write english properly.

I don't know what other do but well i read the title as well as description and then go to respond. But most of the time i didn't go through the discussion of the other. Sometime when i fell that if will have i did see all discussion specially in the cricket where i have the grab so that i can give best response as well as comment.

Hi Hatley am just new here and i think i have been reading some post fullly some not so am guilty as charged.but since i have not understood how here operates i don have to comment on star rating and rankigs whether positive or negative but i will wait and see what after 24 hours bring and i can decide to be rading all or half the posts.Good juntures.