Who here reads threads that have many pages?

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Thumper_10x7_CA: As I browse through the postings here on LPSG I've noticed that I don't usually read threads that have more than 3 or 4 pages. Only if I've posted to that thread or if it's a subject that peeks my curiosity do I open the longer subjects. Otherwise I just steer clear and move on.
I was just curious if I'm an oddball (which could very well be the case, that short attention span.... Oh, what was I saying? )
Anyone else like me?

 

[Pecker]

Well, Tony, many of us have been here for a long time, and, having read many of those multi-page posts one reply at a time, we only need to click on the latest page to keep up.

As for you newer guys - serves you right not being here when the subject was first brought up. You deserve to have to read thousands of posts to catch up.

Pecker

Remember, men, we're fighting for a woman's honor - which is probably more than she ever did!
Groucho Marx

 

[B_RoysToy]

Two criteria, Thumper -- the subject/the amount of time I have. I've been a member long enough to have read lots of the threads, as Pecker pointed out, so I can just read the latest ones, building on those previously read.

I like having the loooong ones on cool subjects, the others I just scroll by, as you do.

Luke

 

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wvalady1968: [quote author=Pecker link=board=99;num=1072965767;start=0#1 date=01/01/04 at 06:28:57] Well, Tony, many of us have been here for a long time, and, having read many of those multi-page posts one reply at a time, we only need to click on the latest page to keep up.

As for you newer guys - serves you right not being here when the subject was first brought up.  You deserve to have to read thousands of posts to catch up.  

Pecker
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I read most of the posts, even those with several pages, soon after I joined lpsg. I read them because so many were so fascinating and foreign to my way of thinking at the time.

Now that I've been here a while, I know how often a new member starts a thread about a topic that's already been covered, often ad nauseum. It makes me wish that we had a rule that every new member must read all the previous posts. And take notes. Perhaps pass a short quiz?