Lengthy Posts

@Torunn @Gillygirl @Shivram59 The other day I received a complaint by a member who scolded me for writing long posts. It is a sad fact that the average myLotter has the attention span of a mayfly.

Length is not popular here. Serious subjects are not popular. Don't write a literary gem or scientific treatise. Write about animals, what weirdness your neighbors are up to, how you knocked a can of paint over on yourself, or whatever. And don't make any paragraph too long or make the whole thing too long. On the internet, you need eye candy, an attractive arrangement, lots of white spaces, anything interesting including photos or images.

I skip long posts for the same reason that they take much of my time.

I think people either lack time or the patience to read and respond to them. If it's interesting I don't mind a long post.

I don't mind a long post as long as it is interesting to read. I know a few users here who write long posts and still are in top rated ones.

Yes, it seems that members do not like long posts. I made an experiment Even on short discussions, some members respond to the title of the discussion, not the question posed to them in the discussion itself, which says that most do not read the written

I think long posts that could equal several chapters in a book are too long for this forum and get boring and turn off the reader. Most of us come here in our spare time. We could use it interacting with ten people with short, but interesting topics or one person with a long and drawn out post. Which one would you choose? I'd go with the ten. I'd rather chat with ten of my friends vs. just one.

At times I too skip long posts due to lack of time..posting reply without reading the content, I never prefer.

If I´m interested, I read long posts. And I answer them.

Long posts do not usually fare well here.

I am guilty of making longer posts or making posts that are very niche. I basically used this place as a journal now. If people want to know what I am doing in my life, they can read my posts. If they don't care to read about my breakfast, what I am working on, or any other tale I am telling then they don't need to read and that is okay. I will admit, I don't read every long post, but I do make an attempt if it is something I am interested in! I think that is how everything should work, if you are interested in what they are talking about it, read it. If it something you don't care about, skip it! They won't know. Maybe just give them a like to show you were there and give support, you don't always need to comment.

@Shivram59 I guess it depends on the posts. You can do like if you cannot read teh whole post.

That's so me. I'm too tired to read long posts

I don't think so.It really depends on us if we want to comment or not.

Many people prefer short posts. I will read a long post if I am interested in the topic, but many people prefer short posts which are easy to read and easy to relate to. I have seen some interesting discussions with few responses. I think that they received few responses because they were long and serious. They weren't bad discussions at all , they were just not the type of posts that people are looking for here.

I like to read and respond to those that interest me. Of course, they should not be long-winded, beating about the bush. I like to post my discussions to get some meaningful response. If everything is superficial, then there will be no fulfillment. So, I feel it is more about retaining the interest in what we post - siva

Lengthy posts are tiresome to read, it's kind of time consuming to read something very long. Short and specific phrases are much preferable.

Yes. People don't like long posts. I write very short posts.

Yes, I think that many avoid long post.

For many reasons, I don't think length posts are popular here.