Do You Read the Post or Only the Title
@just4him (317385)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
February 5, 2016 8:06pm CST
Over the past several days I've noticed comments on my posts that could have totally offended me based on what I had written. However, I soon realized the person commenting did nothing more than read the title and maybe the first line.
Do you read the title and make a comment, skim the post and think you can make a proper comment from it, or do you read the entire post before commenting?
I always read the full post before I respond.
Thanks for reading.
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39 responses
@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
6 Feb 16
I don't leave a comment until or unless I have read the entire post. Often not until I've read all the other comments too.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
6 Feb 16
@just4him I don't always read the comments but most of the time I do. Quite often if the topic was interesting enough to read through then the comments will be too. 
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
6 Feb 16
Sometimes a title lends itself to an initial response in my head, but after reading the post I find the content is something quite different. This place is no where near as bad as some others in the past for people commenting ater reading only the title.
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@danny1971 (1747)
• Church Hill, Tennessee
6 Feb 16
I'm like you, I take time to read the post. I also have my browser in full screen, and I can still see the post while I am typing. That helps me remember what the topic was about, in case if I have to rewrite something again.
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
I've gone back to the post to make certain I didn't miss something important in my comment. I will even hit edit if I submit it too soon.
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
7 Feb 16
I also read the entire post unless it is really long then I scan it but that is rare.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@just4him lol I try to find some thing to say even if I am snoring. Yours are not too long that I remember.
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
@BelleStarr Thank you. I have only found a couple posts I couldn't comment on because I didn't understand the post at all.
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Those are very long. I admit to having given up on those a couple times, and didn't bother to put in a comment either because as long as it was it was just as boring.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Feb 16
sometimes I do that, I will admit, not your posts, but yeah I cant say I am not guilty. then again, I dont read the titles, those are hard to see anyways
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Feb 16
@just4him I try not to be obvious, but some people make their posts WAY too long. or I want to support them, but get um, bored, lol. You I don't, and you don't anyways
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
@Jessicalynnt That's a very nice way of telling me I'm long winded 
I know I am and I have cut down a bit, but sometimes it's very hard to keep it short. Impossible even. 
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
7 Feb 16
I read the whole post then make a comment. I think some people just get in a hurry so they just post based on title
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@polaris77 (2039)
• Bacau, Romania
6 Feb 16
I always read the full post before deciding whether to respond to it. I think that is the normal way to act on myLot; giving a reply after only reading the title or maybe the first line of a post is in my view a lack of respect towards the user who started the discussion. I would never do such a thing, but unfortunately there are people, few I guess, who think differently in this matter.
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
True, as I have recently seen. I'm glad you read the full post before replying.
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
6 Feb 16
@just4him,How can I respond without reading the whole post carefully?I first go through the post,understand what the initiator of the discussion intends to say and then respond.Sometimes I can't understand the post and then I leave it and and move ahead.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
7 Feb 16
I read the whole post and the title then respond to the whole thing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Feb 16
it is actually unethical and not good to just comment because you just read the title of the discussion and not the entirety of the post.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Feb 16
@just4him yes it is, that is why I feel offended and angry when they ask me questions after I already give them the proper instructions.I tell them, "You don't listen to me, right?", and I give them a demerit if they tell me that.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Feb 16
The title determines whether or not I read a post. I read the entire post so as to form a decent response.
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@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
6 Feb 16
Those that don't read the full discussion are definitely only after the money. Oh well, hope they don't get that much..haha.
I do read the entire text so that i could comment correctly. It is after all a discussion website and how could you discuss when you don't even know the whole story.
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@just4him (317385)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
Everybody should. It let's the person who wrote it know you read it.
@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
6 Feb 16
I like to read the whole post because there is always something to learn more about what you wrote designated person.
However, it is very frivolous to read only the title and comment.
I read and answer.
It happened to me not to answer some discussion because some people write too much and at one point lost the sense of the discussion too much explanation.
Have a nice day!
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@Marilynda1225 (83176)
• United States
6 Feb 16
I always read the whole post before offering a comment. I've seen comments that are obvious that the person didn't read the post
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