do you actually read discussions

I always read the full discussion and all the responses before I respond. Alot of times I read the whole discussion and pages of responses but don't respond because I just can't add to it. But I would never just leave a comment without reading first?? I don't see the point in it. I know that some people do it..or at least it seems that's what they are doing. But I know there are alot of people that also just read the topic and respond when it's not really about what they think.. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know they are just trying to make money.. but I wish they would go do it somewhere else...lol I rate people with - when they respond like that in my discussions. I'm starting to feel a rant coming on..I think I'll stop here..I agree no commment is much better than a senseless one.

I not only read the discussion but the responses as well. Now if there are 5 or more pages of reponses I might skim them instead of reading them fully but I do look through them. I would much rather give something that is pertinent to the discussion then just a bunch of nonsense.

No its not worth it. We are here to somehow help them answer their inquiries. Posting nonsense ideas just to get an earning is not good.

Yes i do read them, because sometimes the title of the discussion is not really the point of the discussion, i think i have experienced incorrectly responding to a discussion because i was cramming up in making responses- turns out that i didnt really undestand the point of the discussion, i just answered the title of that discussion and when i read the entire discussion as well as the responses including mine, my response made no sense! unfortunately we cant delete or edit our comments here so.. my bad...that has been a lesson for me. So eversince that happened, i take time to read and really understand what the discussion was all about- if i dont get it- i dont respond... i wouldn't want to post a senseless comment, it might offend the topic starter, and it might make me look stupid or something... you're welcome...

Yes I do read them and other people responss because I try not to say the same thing that some one else has said but if the discussion has many responses then I will just read a few. So now I have put about 3 of the responses prior to mine in to mine but thats my answer. ;)

I read the comments before posting, but sometimes it happens to me that as writing takes some time when I finally post response, someone else has already post response. Response that obviuosly I have not read.

yes, but there are some i start to read and then lose interest, then i will not comment. sorry that might sound bad .

If I see a heading that interests me I will open it and most definitely read the discussion. What is the point otherwise? Are people just opening every discussion and posting random thoughts? Uh, yeah, some are, just for the sake of making money - but they won't because they get - or reported. I try my best to read everyone else's responses first. Like the others said, I will read a few, skim over the rest and post. But then I will go back and read some more. It is not just for the purpose of not being repetitive. I find that reading other people's responses brings something to mind that I didn't think of when reading the original discussion. Or their response has changed my original perspective. Or something someone else said triggers another thought worth mentioning. Isn't that what discussions are all about?

Before responding to any discussion i will check if the topic really attracted me to know more about what they are discussing about. For a topic which i only need to give my response i will just response without reading the other response. I will leave a comment to a response which i think i should tell my opinion on what the poster has mentioned. I think, reading the full discussion makes me slow in posting my response and i just wasting my time reading on this site rather than posting. But some of the topics really makes me want to read the whole discussion.

Yes. I always read the entire discussion before I respond to them. I don't think responding to someones discussion that has nothing to do with the topic is a waste of time because I think they don't pay you for those.

I always read the whole original discussion post before replying. I try to read most of the responses that were there before me, too... unless it is multiple pages of replies, then I usually only read the ones on the first page and skim a few of the other pages before I post my response. That way I can be fairly confident that I am not parroting what someone else has already written.

i always ead the whole discussion and f not to many, all of the answers. when it has to many pages i look through them. i find it not funny, when someone only posts nonsense, to get his few cents.

Hi there. I understand what you are saying. I have encountered some posts that were answered very literally to the point that they actually did not answer the direct questions of the post. I post in discussions whenever they cater to my interest. Sometimes I read posts first before actually answering in order to see what others have to say, if there are those who have the same idea as I do, I add to that string. I joined mylot in the belief that having friends entail people with the same interest and by answering properly we find people with those commonalities and make sensible discussions.

I always make it a point to read discussions before commenting to them, and I never comment just for the sake of it. What's the point in wasting time commenting that has nothing to do with the post, when you could just exercise your brain a little, and put some thought behind a comment that will actually make sense to the reader? I personally haven't received that many comments that had nothing to do with my post. I don't rate those comments. I will rate positively for all comments except those that are abusive, or break one of the Mylot rules. Those are rated negatively. I'm like you in that I would rather have no responses to 100 discussions than a response that has nothing to do with the actual post.

i do read every discussion i respond to and the responses before i put a comment. that would be true though, preferring to not having comments with the ones that make no sense.

yes I read the discussion in full. Of course if the resposes dont run into few pages. If so I just glance through. I try to avoid giving the same response as someone has given. Its sometimes annoying to find people giving irrelevant or repeating the same response

Yes,I read the complete discussion before posting my opinion.Only when it too many responses filling up 6-7 pages I might be tempted to answer just after reading the first and second page.As for comments,yes,I agree that it's better having no comments than irrelevant comments in the discussions.