Do you read other responses before you response a discussion ?

Singapore
June 9, 2009 8:19am CST
Some discussion have more than 50 responses , if you want to response , do you read all the responses before you response the discussion ? or you only look for discussion that you are interested and never bother with what other response ?
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@angelsmummy (1696)
9 Jun 09
I read the other responses first if there are any, I normally go for discussions with no responses to help people out! It depends on what sort of mood I am in though whether or not I reply to discussions. Like today I am feeling real tired so I wont be on here for long and wont be checking much but on other days when I am awake I like to go throughg as many discussions as I can then look back on them to see other peoples opinions!
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• United States
9 Jun 09
I am the same exact way! I actually avoid the discussions with tons and tons of repsonses because I dont want to read them all before I reply! I feel you on the being tired today. It is storming here right now. I could really go for a nap. Only 7 more hours until I can!
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• Singapore
9 Jun 09
sometime , when i also feel like response discussion that has no response , but some of the discussion i really don't know what they are talking about , some discussion asking about who you like ,..... or ..... , but the two people they mention i don't know who they are , difficult for me to response
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@dodo19 (47053)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
9 Jun 09
I do enjoy reading other people's responses before I answer. I don't always do it, but I definitely do it most of the time, to say the least. I enjoy reading what others have to say about a subject and such. I find it very interesting.
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• Singapore
9 Jun 09
yes , i agree with you , it is really very interesting and can learn a lot from reading other responses , i spent most of the time reading responses than posting discussion
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@pingi68 (304)
• Italy
9 Jun 09
sometimes, but generally i do not have enought time to read all!
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• Singapore
9 Jun 09
if you have the time , it is quite fun to read other responses , i learn many things here from reading other responses , i think you are quite active here in mylot , your number (166) increase very fast
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@jaysonjpa (151)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
I usually dont post to a topic that already answered with the same thought I have in mind. First I read the topic and their responses one by one then response only when needed. I enjoy most of my time here reading. Sometimes I dont post at all. Its not really important to me to post anymore if the topic already satisfied the members responses. Ow it was fun reading all sort of topic. Thats why I always visit.
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• Singapore
9 Jun 09
actually , if someone has the same thought as you , you still can response , so that we know how many people have the same thinking about that discussion
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@srikool (936)
• India
9 Jun 09
hi..mostly i wont read others..i dont have to to read..first of all i wont read the full discussion .what i gonna reply..i ony read the headline...this what why means.i dont have time to read it... in this most probly i wont read others reply..sometimes i used to read the first reply..how i have to answer it..like that... this is a nice question...have a nice time
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
Yah you can still response with the same thought. But whats the use of posting it again? I know he/she just ignore it cause it was already understand. People who seek advices gather more ideas by scanning. So for me I dont post it anymore. :-)
@srikool (936)
• India
9 Jun 09
the use..i can give my own ideas..
@adnileb (5256)
• Philippines
7 Nov 12
It depends on the topic. In case I like the topic and would also like to respond, I would first browse the first 10~20 comments. then I will the respond button. There are times that in between those comments that I have read, I also pop in there to participate.
@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
10 Jun 09
I don't usually read others responses, I just post whatever that is in my mind and I won't bother with what other response but normally when I see discussions with a lot of responses I will not post any response unless its a friends discussion.
• United States
9 Jun 09
It depends on the number of responses for me - if there's three pages of them, usually I won't read through them, but I also won't post. The most important thing is for people to get their questions answered, and if I feel like that's already been done, I don't bother. Usually I browse discussions by "new" or "no responses." It helps me to avoid that whole "everybody has already posted" situation.
@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
10 Jun 09
Hi janice! I usually read few responses before responding and sometimes I read all of them, it's nice to see different opinions. And sometimes when the discussions is interesting I will read all the responses, but I'll ended up not responding, lol! I do enjoy reading responses here, specially those discussions that I don't know much and it's nice to learn something.
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
I read the responses first before I respond to the discussion but if there are so many responses, I read 3-4 responses only. I just want to know if my idea is already given by others.
@bloglog (628)
• Singapore
9 Jun 09
Usually, I will read the whole discussion to understand what is it about. Then I will read the responses to the discussion. I will response to that discussion if I have something to add on. I seldom response to discussions which have a lot of responses. If I have, I may not have read all the responses. However, certain times, I may just read a lot here but not response to any, depending whether I have anything in mind to write at that time. Most of the time I enjoy reading.
@Preciousgem (1182)
• Philippines
10 Jun 09
Sometimes i read it and other times not, because reading is so fun and learn some about what you read, you can amazed and laugh to their comment or response, an a new idea comes into your mind and make from scratch to answer his or her discussion, because you see that your idea are not the same to all who response before you response.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
4 Nov 12
No not possible for me to real all 50 response I read only few responses and some time prefer to read my friends responses. Some time direct post my response.
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
3 Nov 12
No if responses is more then read only few responses and then write my own response. But if responses is less then read all responses.