Do you judge a post by its length?

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This may be a weird question, but when you're viewing myLot or any forum on the Internet, how do you react if someone has posted a post that you consider long? Do you judge good based on the effort the person put into writing it? Do you just skim through it? Or do you react differently? In my opinion, a long post is not necessarily a good post. Some people (like me sometimes xD) get confused when writing long replies and forget to make connections between their ideas, therefore confusing the reader and causing them to miss the point altogether. Long posts, if written properly, however, can help the writer back up their opinion or point of view, although in some cases, this is not necessary. For me, the most important thing is that I understand what he/she was trying to say. Usually when encountering a long post, I try to read all of it and look for the main idea. If I feel that the person has done a good job of displaying it clearly, I'm left with a positive impression. This isn't always the case, however, and it can happen in shorter posts just as efficently as well. Hmm, this was kind of a long post on its own. xD