Do people here actually READ threads?

HMonsterX

I've noticed a growing trend on here lately.

Read title, read OP, hit reply. Type crap without reading the rest of the thread that has actual links, studies, etc.

It seems people just want to save their 2c, and not bother reading what the rest of the thread had to say first...


Grrr...

CoryIda

"crap without reading the rest of the thread that has actual links, studies, etc."

Sorry, I just typed it without reading anything else. :flowerforyou:

Sublimely_Self_Righteousreused

Krizzle4Rizzle

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tangal88

yep I read your thread.

I think that common on lots of boards though? You always get the readers, scanners, and those who really never read, just argue. Kind of like real life. LOL

But yep, it can get really frustrating at times, especially if you are really interested in the meat of the post, and the studies and facts, others are taking the time to research, find and post, to clarify confusion.

I just weed though the "crap", learn to ignore certain posters, and search out the gold nuggets in the mix.

chubby_checkers

i'm at work so i read them all unless it's one solid block of typing.

engineman312

i do my best to scroll through the replies and not repeat advice already given, or to emphasis certain responses. but yeah, most ppl i feel don't

writtenINthestars

That's pretty much how most message boards run.

I just post random crap wherever I feel fit....

rml_16

My favorite ever was a post titled something like "Rude people." It was about something that happened out in the real world to this poor woman.

Someone clearly read nothing but the title because he came in and posting a bunch of stuff about he totally understood where she was coming from about people on the message board, but to just ignore the bad stuff that happens here.

Classic.

But I'm often guilty of not reading whole threads, especially if they're really long. I'll skim and at least read the OP.

vim_n_vigor

I try to read the threads before replying. If I see something that really catches me before I get all the way through, I may reply before finishing the whole thread.

voluptas63

I wish I had such free time to be concerned and annoyed with such trivial things.

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Football_N_Guns

I think my opinion is worth more than 2 cents.

FearAnLoathing

No if its 5 pages in im not going to read every single reply before I comment

BeeElMarvin

it's lotsa words

WarriorMom2012

Do you bloat during your TOM? I just can't figure out why I get so bloated.

CountryDevil

I can't read..

Sidesteal

<---- Guilty at times.


And I'm glad you posted this.

Jorra

There are so many times a thread goes off in a completely different direction from the OP and then five pages later someone comes in with a response ignoring all that. It's pretty funny, but sometimes irritating.

I remember a thread where people continuously took issue because the way the OP said something was offensive. In the middle of this argument, others continued to reply using the same language and ended up looking like a-holes for doing so.

Secret_Agent_007

It's tough but I've got brail on my new laptop so now I definately read threads.

myofibril

I'm guilty of this.

Hell, sometimes I don't even read the whole of the OP properly and proceed to make an *kitten* of myself.

But OP, yes, I do think you should eat your exercise calories during your menstrual cycle.

Kristy1214

I think my opinion is worth more than 2 cents.

"HERE'S 10 CENTS, MY 2 CENTS IS FREE"

LorinaLynn

No if its 5 pages in im not going to read every single reply before I comment

This. And yes, I got this far and skimmed the rest. And sometimes I open a bunch of tabs and there's a dozen more posts by the time I get to that particular thread.

Plus, it might be a symptom of the Ignore feature. I personally don't have anyone on ignore, but "someone" who blocks everyone who disagrees is going to miss a whole lotta posts, especially ones on useful data, studies and links.

MostlyWater

I find this post sort of harsh. Of course we read, that's why we're here.

Calorie_Killa

I lot of these threads can be super long and overwhelming. Just speaking for myself but I don't always have the time to read through every response before posting mine. As I just did with this one.

Jorra

I find this post sort of harsh. Of course we read, that's why we're here.

HMonsterX

I just get annoyed when i see a thread saying "is this true?", and people go to the time and make the effort to find some studies, post them, cite examples of anecdotal evidence to disprove it, then someone 20 minutes later posts "yes it is true herpdederp"...

Did you not read the posts? Did you not see the evidence?

Seriously, I'm sure some people are just here to spout their crap, and really don't want to learn anything that is actually true.

kb455

I lot of these threads can be super long and overwhelming. Just speaking for myself but I don't always have the time to read through every response before posting mine. As I just did with this one.

Same. Some of the threads are pages and pages long.... I don't think that if you don't have time to read the whole thing, you shouldn't be able to comment.

Yanicka1

SQUIRREL

TheRoadDog

SO YOU WANT TO BE A DRAGON?
Veteran players are returning to the game to wait out the arrival of patch 4.3. Elsewhere, feet are dragging. Guilds are disbanding. Former 25-man raid teams are splintering into 10s. And Spin the Dragon is receiving far more applications than usual.

We've been fielding a lot of questions: is your guild application serious? Why are you asking me about this? Do you really expect me to answer these? What if I don't like 3-D dolphins?

Our guild application is as serious as something that's asking you to please write a story about two pokemon fighting can be, and we keep it that way because it works. The way you answer social questions tells us a little bit about you (and gives you a pretty good idea of who we are, too). But just in case you'd like to know more: Spin the Dragon is a Horde guild on the US-Sentinels (RP) server. We've been here for two years, but our officer corp (and some of our raiders) go back much further. At any given time of day our Vent server's hosting someone playing TF2, EverQuest or Minecraft. The rest of us are on Facebook at work asking for help growing imaginary strawberries or something.

While raiding is our primary focus, you don't have to raid if you don't want to. If you are apping to raid, we're more interested in your personality than your experience. If you're a Decent Dude (or Lady) with demonstrated knowledge of your class -- or a willingness to learn and improve -- we're interested in hearing from you.


THE FINE PRINT:
If you don't have the best gear or the most experience, that's fine. We're willing to help gear up the right people for our progression raiding. Our raid leaders will often rotate raiders based on the amount of accepted invitations and what specialized classes may be needed for a particular fight, or previous raiding experience/seniority. Additionally, we do hold some basic expectations of our raiders in order to participate:

- A computer capable of handing twenty-five man raiding with minimal add-ons (DBM, Omen, etc.) and Ventrilo without serious lag.
- A reliable, consistent internet connection.
- Arriving to the raid on time and with knowledge of the raid, if available.
- Knowing your role, class, and spec and remaining up-to-date on each.
- Understanding and accepting that you may be rotated out (or in) to a raid for certain class roles.
- The ability to listen and react.

We generally run our raids two to three nights a week anywhere from 9PM to 12AM (EST). Beyond that, we also run the weekly up to twice a week, and host arena teams which we highly encourage our raiders to participate in. If there are any old content raids or other events that our guild members want to run, we encourage them to get together and fill any empty calendar days. Here's a rough outline of our schedule by week:

Sunday: Progression Raiding
Monday: Progression Raiding
Tuesday: Open/PvP
Wednesday: Guild Achievements/TRANSMOG BONANZA (9PM - 11PM EST)
Thursday: Open/PvP
Friday: Open/PvP
Saturday: Open/PVP

Loot disbursement is done by a Ni Karma system; a great explanation of NKS can be found here: http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/07/18/nonstandard-loot-systems-in-wow-page-2/. Anyone who negatively takes advantage of the system or otherwise acts in poor conduct will be dealt with accordingly by our guild officers. All of our active raiders are given access to gold for repairs, flasks, food, and help with any materials or enchantments you need to get the best out of your gear.


OPENINGS & MORE INFO:
1 DPS, ranged preferred (a skilled hunter would be dandy), but we're willing to work around things for a solid performer.

Apply at spin.wowstead.com. Any questions can be sent to Heed in-game, or if you prefer email, youthculture@gmail.com. Players interested in joining Spin as a non-raider can still fill out the application or contact Heed for more info.
[Spin the dragon? wtf? What a horrible name for a guild. And adult men play porting this guild tag, oh boy....]
[Oh, WTF, they use NKS!!! Whatever you do, don't apply to this guild, they don't use DKP FFS!]

I usually read through them to get a sense of what the topic really is, but I don't read the cut and pasted crap that goes on forever like above.

Edit: I didn't mean to say that it's not relevant or to put down this person's reference. I was just trying to say that it's much more info than I want to collate. If I want to research something, I will. I was just referring to the volume. Didn't mean to put down whoever I copied that article from.

JeSuisPrest

I've noticed a growing trend on here lately.

Read title, read OP, hit reply. Type crap without reading the rest of the thread that has actual links, studies, etc.

It seems people just want to save their 2c, and not bother reading what the rest of the thread had to say first...


Grrr...

Sorry....I am occasionally guilty of this!