Do You Read the Post or Only the Title

@just4him (303386)
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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@Namelesss (3368)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
It is interesting that you also read everyone's comments. I usually do that if a question was asked I don't have an answer for and someone else might so I could learn something.
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@Namelesss (3368)
• 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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@MALUSE (69428)
• Germany
6 Feb 16
Comments written without any knowledge of the content of the post can be very odd indeed. Some time ago I wrote about my childhood after WW2 and that children played in ruins then. A member commented, "Wow well playing in ruins sounds like a wonderful and magical childhood! I only got to play bloody basketball. I wish I could have played in ancient ruins !" Ancient ruins, magical childhood - my back bottom! The ruins were ten years old. I bet the member doesn't even know that there was a world war or where in the world Germany is.
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
That was a very insensitive answer. I would think not only would it be devastating to do so, but dangerous as well. The reason why there were ruins would also be objectionable to one's play. I'm sorry your playground were the ruins of WW2.
@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 (303386)
• 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 (61050)
• 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 (61050)
• 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 (303386)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
I've seen posts that are longer than mine 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.
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@valmnz (17100)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
I agree. I haven't seen it as often, and it was only in the past couple weeks that I noticed it.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
I've never noticed that about you, but you did say you read my posts
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• 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 (303386)
• 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 (28613)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
I agree, and I find it annoying when they do.
@else34 (13517)
• 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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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
7 Feb 16
@just4him That's exactly what I do.One can't like a post unless one understands it.
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
If I don't understand it, I leave without a comment or a like. I can't like something I don't understand.
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@LadyDuck (454936)
• Switzerland
6 Feb 16
I read the title to decide if to go on and read the post, but when I open a discussion and I like it, I read it before leaving a comment. I have also noticed that some people only read the title.
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
It's sad isn't it. People miss so much when they don't read the whole thing.
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@LadyDuck (454936)
• Switzerland
7 Feb 16
@just4him Quite frankly I do not understand the interest in rushing to comment without reading a discussion, you lose all the fun of this site.
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Feb 16
@LadyDuck I agree and some comments are worthy of answers more than a mere 'like'. So knowing what the discussion is about is helpful on all levels.
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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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
It's a good habit to have.
@paigea (35511)
• Canada
7 Feb 16
I read the whole post and often all of the comments. I still might comment on the title or only one small part of the discussion.
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
Interesting way to respond.
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@ridingbet (66861)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
Wouldn't it be the same as not following instructions by your students? If they don't listen to you, they won't know what to do.
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@ridingbet (66861)
• 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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@chuwae (64)
• Tanzania
6 Feb 16
I always read first then I follow the procedure
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
It is good to do so.
@JohnRoberts (109865)
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Feb 16
Titles are a great determinant.
@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 (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
Good point.
@polaris77 (2040)
• 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 (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
True, as I have recently seen. I'm glad you read the full post before replying.
@slund2041 (3315)
• United States
6 Feb 16
I read the post before responding.
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
Everybody should. It let's the person who wrote it know you read it.
• 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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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
It's a shame isn't it?
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@Elizaby (6901)
• Pensacola, Florida
6 Feb 16
I always read before liking or commenting on posts
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
It's a good habit to have.
@dekris (15)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
6 Feb 16
I always read the full, because my hobby is reading..
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@just4him (303386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 16
Reading is a good hobby.
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