Reply or Read.. What is your major activity  

I usually end up replying to conversations that have no responses yet. Although, I do find times that I end up reading the whole discussion and same as you, my response has already been covered.

I think the majority of what I do is all evened out. I try to contribute in each category that I have in my own interests as well as contributing to those who have not yet had a reply on their postings. I try to go back and reply to those who have replied to mine own, as well as reply to a reply from one of my own replies.

I have been reading more than replying. I'm new enough I have been trying to find my way around the site. Then I start to read and like you, what I was going to add was already posted. Then I feel like I'm just copying. This time, I wanted to be heard.

i read all discussion first. I usually not read its responses. Then if i feel that i can reply to this discussion then i reply in details. If i don't have knowledge for that topic then i leave it alone. And search another topic.

I reply first than I will read the other replys to the discussion. Even if there is a reply the same as mine it will be worded different than the way I put it. I do like to read the other replys but I always wait until I have posted my reply to the discussion.

My dear, whether you respond a lot or read a lot you gain a lot as well. It only depends on what is your goal everytime you visit my lot. As for me, of couse, I want to earn a little amount here. I used to be entangled to reading from people's discussion and would just continue up to the last person who responds but I noticed at the end of the day, my post is only a few but I wanted to earn maybe $0.20 or $0.30 in a day. So, I changed my habit. I turned all my friends' notifications on and I just started responding to their discussions. That way, I have been meeting my conservative goal of $0.20 - $0.30 daily while having a little time to set myself to reading mode. And without making myself looking stupid by posting fluffies just to make a lot of posts.

Hi Zeraphina,

If I want to respond to discussions, I go first to the discussions my friends started, and then to discussions from my interest, then to new discussions, then to hot topics. I answer my friends first because we all receive notifications from their postings, so by looking at the emails, you already know if the topic interests you or not. If it does, then you can think of a nice response right away. By picking discussions from your interests, you can immediately come up with a good response or a better one because that's your interest...meaning, you know more on this or you an authority on this thing and you can add more ideas on this.

Even though we may have the same answers to a discussions, we have different reasons for giving that response and we have different the ways of looking at the discussions. As for me, I enjoy both reading and repying to the discussions. What I didn't earned in points...I earn it through information and knowledge. It's a win-win situation.

I usually just read what the person who started the discussion wrote. Then after I do that I chime in with my opinion on the topic at hand. because after all you are answering them, not everyone else who may have posted up their view on the topic.

I read all my friends posts when they start a discussion. If I am responding I prefer to read all the posts first, which can take some time if they go over 3 pages. That's why I like to get into discussions early. But then I want to go back and read what other people have added after my response.

If something you wanted to add has already been posted, you can always refer to the fact that you agree with previous posts, and then you can add a bit more about why you agree.

that really depends on my mood... sometimes i feel like just reading and not replying at all because i am so tired... some days i feel like replying and i will type a lot then...