Read the posts

I never read the entire thread before posting, in fact, I only read the op plus maybe the 1st few replies, unless it’s a really short thread ( less than a page )
Tbh I don’t bother adding to a thread a couple of pages long as I know whatever I was going to say has already been said ( probably more than once! )

felice

From now on every time I post anything I will post, 'I AM A BELGO-SCOT first.
Could be interesting !!
Probably get asked where Belgo is

What is a BELGO SCOT, felice?

This is very much a failing in Gransnet. Nobody can respond to individual posts. People respond to generic posts that may be way back or not applicable any longer. This is for Gransnet to sort out. Why can't people respond to individual posts like as in other forums? I know this has been requested before and ignored.

I read them if there not too many comments e.g. 20ish. I definitely don't read them all if there are 107 (cleaners) !

I haven't read all 54 here. So my reply has been made after reading only the OP and the last comment.

Sorry sodapop if my comment is a duplicate of another's.

valerieF exactly HQ won’t do anything Sensible ever requested

If people can’t be bothered to even skim read why post woodmouse a debate or even answers to a problem surely rely on others answers as much as the question

I don’t have time to read all answers on a long thread but I do try and do a quick skim read and a deeper read if I see a valid point or an Original posters addition if I can’t do that I don’t post Surely is only manners and common sense
If someone was telling you a problem in real life would you interrupt with your own two penneth without having listened

Agreed, BlueBelle. Ironically, the long threads that people find offputting would be a lot shorter if not for all the repetitive posts .

Bluebelle, ?

Kittylester, haha, at least I hope that was tongue in cheek

kittylester Thu 15-Oct-20 21:29:08
What is a BELGO SCOT, felice?

Or to be more precise, a Belgo-French-Scot, or a Belgo-Flemish-Scot?

Oh dear I agree with Baggs.

Brusseloise, so a bit of both. Although the dialect is impossible.

I feel it unreasonable reading through every post on a subject, you look at original post and perhaps at couple of pages of responses then, if you have some thing to say post yourself.

I often wonder if the OP feels offended, when people can't be bothered to read the whole thread, then come on and offer their opinion. In my opinion it's rude.
You wouldn't stop someone mid conversation to say, Look I'm bored listening to you, so I will just give you my opinion now and leave!

So do I understand that some people read the OP and add their own comment and that’s it ? I guess it means you don’t spend more than a few minutes on GN !

The answer surely is don’t take part in long threads if you haven’t the time or patience to read them as I said before skim read if nothing else I don’t sit and read word for word but I get the gist of others opinions otherwise I d leave the thread well alone
This is not aimed at anyone in particular but I think if you can’t be bothered to read others opinions you are really only interested in your own views and are the equivalent of the person in a (live) group who doesn’t want to listen to anyone else but feel their own view is the only important one

Good post Bluebelle.

I agree with Marydoll and BlueBelle it is more respectful to read the posts, especially the ones from the OP which often give further information.

Agree with BlueBelle too. And Doodledog.