Idiosyncratic Forum-reading Habits

[Tony S]

I have my own little pet habits when I read the board. They're not all rational. Maybe they're mostly irrational. Who cares? We do this for fun. For example, if a new thread - or one I just haven't noticed - pops up and it has seventeen posts, I'll hop right on and check it out. But if it has 170 posts, I'll probably skip it - too much work to get up to speed.

You?

 

[Doug Briggs]

If a new post interests me and there are not many posts, I'll read them. If there are a lot or the first few don't interest, I'll skip to the end and post anyway.

 

[KevinF]

I have my own little pet habits when I read the board. They're not all rational. Maybe they're mostly irrational. Who cares? We do this for fun. For example, if a new thread - or one I just haven't noticed - pops up and it has seventeen posts, I'll hop right on and check it out. But if it has 170 posts, I'll probably skip it - too much work to get up to speed.

You?

FUN? This isn't supposed to be fun! This is serious business here! There are potentially wrong people on the interwebz who need to be hunted down and destroyed!

 

[Sibhusky]

I don't like coming in late to threads, so if it's a long thread I'll probably skip it as I don't want to be that person saying the same thing twenty other people have said already. After three or four pages, it's doubtful I'll have any new insights to add.

 

[Jilly]

I don't like coming in late to threads, so if it's a long thread I'll probably skip it as I don't want to be that person saying the same thing twenty other people have said already. After three or four pages, it's doubtful I'll have any new insights to add.

Exactly...it's not that I don't care or have something to say, but it's been done...

Also there are a lot of threads that I'm just not interested in. So I start with "new posts" and read through the entries. Click on ones that I've responded to or are new etc. Then click on "mark forums read".

 

[cantunamunch]

Exactly...it's not that I don't care or have something to say, but it's been done....

Thereby demonstrating (yet again) that someone looking for 'forum consensus' will only find 'forum least common denominator'

 

[Monique]

I used to start with New Posts. Then I started auto-subscribing to threads in which I've posted. Now I go to Watched Threads first. If I run out of those, I check out New Posts.

I only go to a specific forum to create a new thread.

 

[at_nyc]

A thread that has over 100 post is also likely to have drifted far away from the original post. In fact, I read the last page to see where it’s at before reading the first page. Even if I read it, I know I won’t post in it.

I do miss reading (but not adding my post) long running threads long after the thread had gone quiet. Something I did back when epicski was up. It’s like binge watching a reality tv show knowing I won’t be left hanging awaiting for the final outcome. I get to enjoy the drama, then skip to the end when I feel like it.

 

[Monique]

A thread that has over 100 post is also likely to have drifted far away from the original post. In fact, I read the last page to see where it’s at before reading the first page. Even if I read it, I know I won’t post in it.

I do miss reading (but not adding my post) long running threads long after the thread had gone quiet. Something I did back when epicski was up. It’s like binge watching a reality tv show knowing I won’t be left hanging awaiting for the final outcome. I get to enjoy the drama, then skip to the end when I feel like it.

Well, you're never going to hit a post to days ratio of 9 with that attitude!

 

[at_nyc]

Well, you're never going to hit a post to days ratio of 9 with that attitude!

I haven't even opened that thread yet. It's slated for later "binge reading".

I was tempted to post that I'm a lurker and therefore would have a low ratio. But then I saw I've made 500+ posts. I don't think I've got more than 20 independent ideas. How I got to post 500 post? Lots of fluff, I'm afraid.

 

[Tony S]

How I got to post 500 post? Lots of fluff, I'm afraid.

Hey, if anyone appreciates fluff, it's skiers.