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If the original post sparked my interest, I do read the replies to see what others think. I also read replies to see if the point I thought of was brought up by someone else. You're right about the buried information Elmer. I've found some gems.

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Adam Carn

14 years ago

Good point Elmer, but imagine this, you just notice a thread with a real good topic, you read the original post and are itching to ask a question or make a comment BUT the thread has 200+ posts. Now if you're quite busy it could be a daunting task going through all of them.

But that's no excuse and I do agree with you.

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Michael Mayo

14 years ago

Elmer, Good points and so true.

I've seen it happening more and more here lately.
So, I deceided I would help out the next person that posts by placing all
the previous posts in this thread together for them to read.

Have a Great Day!
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Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

If we can't, or won't, invest the necessary time to read a thread why are we here?

The quoted statement began a reply in a popular thread.

You, like me, have seen the same or similar comments numerous times in many threads.

It implies the poster is "too busy" or "too lazy" to read the thread.

The "good stuff"-beyond the OP-is often on reply seven, nine or eleven; sometimes on page three of a hot thread. (These are NOT literal numbers.)

Every time you read the OP and dash off a reply without going deeper into the thread you potentially pass up information which could add to your personal knowledge store. You're effectively screwing yourself.

Of course if you're replying to only increase post count it doesn't matter. You aren't interested in gaining knowledge...

And that brings us back to the initial question: "...why are we here?"

Elmer

Originally Posted by RobinSkeen

If the original post sparked my interest, I do read the replies to see what others think. I also read replies to see if the point I thought of was brought up by someone else. You're right about the buried information Elmer. I've found some gems.

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

I don't know if anyone brought this up, but the ones that don't read the entire thread and comment anyways are usually elected politicians or those running for office.

Originally Posted by Adam Carn

Good point Elmer, but imagine this, you just notice a thread with a real good topic, you read the original post and are itching to ask a question or make a comment BUT the thread has 200+ posts. Now if you're quite busy it could be a daunting task going through all of them.

But that's no excuse and I do agree with you.

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Elmer Hurlstone

14 years ago

Thanks Michael,

You've saved me time as I review the responses.

One question: Is this a service you'll be providing for all threads?

Adam,

A valid point--to a point. The super-long threads are exactly the ones where there is greater possibility of benefit. And, as they are not all that common the potential loss of time may be repaid by the reading.

Although that will not always be the case...

Sometimes a thread does go astray.

Big Mike,

I don't know if you said this, but...

Robin,

Thanks for the contribution and corroboration.

Elmer

PS. Be careful when creating and writing a post title. You may not care for the auto-generated tag.

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

Elmer, a lot depends on the nature of the thread itself.

For example, if somebody asks...

"I am considering doing XYZ. What do you think of the idea?"

If I think it's just a flat out bad idea, I am going to respond telling the
person so and I'm not going to allow myself to be influenced by the
opinions of others.

Having said that, I will still read the thread to see how other people feel
if for no other reason than to mentally note who I would not want to do
business with, especially if XYZ was unethical IMO.

While I agree with what you said generally speaking, I don't think it's a
hard and fast rule for every scrap that gets posted here.

I mean let's face it, some of the stuff that gets posted is just pretty
bad. And to waste more of my time reading what other people have to
say about something that is horse manure in the first place is just not
my idea of a productive use of my time.

And yes, I did read every reply to this thread before posting this.

I usually do, but sometimes, as I pointed out, there are exceptions where
you just don't need to know what other people think.
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Michael Mayo

14 years ago

Elmer,

I'm not sure I can keep up with all the threads so I may need to out source
this task... Any one interested?

Have a Great Day!
Michael

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

If we can't, or won't, invest the necessary time to read a thread why are we here?

The quoted statement began a reply in a popular thread.

You, like me, have seen the same or similar comments numerous times in many threads.

It implies the poster is "too busy" or "too lazy" to read the thread.

The "good stuff"-beyond the OP-is often on reply seven, nine or eleven; sometimes on page three of a hot thread. (These are NOT literal numbers.)

Every time you read the OP and dash off a reply without going deeper into the thread you potentially pass up information which could add to your personal knowledge store. You're effectively screwing yourself.

Of course if you're replying to only increase post count it doesn't matter. You aren't interested in gaining knowledge...

And that brings us back to the initial question: "...why are we here?"

Elmer

Originally Posted by RobinSkeen

If the original post sparked my interest, I do read the replies to see what others think. I also read replies to see if the point I thought of was brought up by someone else. You're right about the buried information Elmer. I've found some gems.

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

I don't know if anyone brought this up, but the ones that don't read the entire thread and comment anyways are usually elected politicians or those running for office.

Originally Posted by Adam Carn

Good point Elmer, but imagine this, you just notice a thread with a real good topic, you read the original post and are itching to ask a question or make a comment BUT the thread has 200+ posts. Now if you're quite busy it could be a daunting task going through all of them.

But that's no excuse and I do agree with you.

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Originally Posted by Michael Mayo

Elmer, Good points and so true.

I've seen it happening more and more here lately.
So, I deceided I would help out the next person that posts by placing all
the previous posts in this thread together for them to read.

Have a Great Day!
Michael

Originally Posted by markshields

I know when I do reply to a post I always read the thread to see what has been said and what hasnt before I submit a reply as there is no point in providing worthless information

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

Thanks Michael,

You've saved me time as I review the responses.

One question: Is this a service you'll be providing for all threads?

Adam,

A valid point--to a point. The super-long threads are exactly the ones where there is greater possibility of benefit. And, as they are not all that common the potential loss of time may be repaid by the reading.

Although that will not always be the case...

Sometimes a thread does go astray.

Big Mike,

I don't know if you said this, but...

Robin,

Thanks for the contribution and corroboration.

Elmer

PS. Be careful when creating and writing a post title. You may not care for the auto-generated tag.

Now that is funny...lol!

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TimCastleman 14 years ago

I don't know if this was mentioned or not but I agree with Elmer.

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14 years ago

I know when I do reply to a post I always read the thread to see what has been said and what hasnt before I submit a reply as there is no point in providing worthless information

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Frank Donovan

14 years ago

Good points, Elmer. The forum format is, essentially, a group discussion.

When someone starts a thread, it's usually in order to begin a discussion on a subject with potential interest to a wide and disparate group of marketers. Any of these may make subsequent points that move the discussion in a particular direction.

Someone having the arrogance to choose to bypass these contributions runs the risk of repeating a point or missing a vital turn in, or addition to, the subject under discussion.

It's disrespectful to the other contributors and readers.

If you're determined not to have your opinions swayed by other contributors, you're missing out on an important facet of forum membership. I'm always learning - and often from the most unexpected sources.

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To create a Significant Impact on others...

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Elmer Hurlstone

14 years ago

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

i didn't read all the comments because it slows me down when I'm building my post count up

Get to work, Slacker!

You need over 2100 to hit 10K

With a bit of work you can make it over the weekend.

Elmer

Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

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Michael Mayo

14 years ago

Originally Posted by BIG Mike

i didn't read all the comments because it slows me down when I'm building my post count up

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

Get to work, Slacker!

You need over 2100 to hit 10K

With a bit of work you can make it over the weekend.

Elmer

Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Or, you could give your log in info to Steven W. and break 10K in about 2 hours?

Back to work I go!
Michael

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la dominatrix

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

Get to work, Slacker!

You need over 2100 to hit 10K

With a bit of work you can make it over the weekend.

Elmer

Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Especially if you do not read all the threads. However I have found some of the best info these posts have to offer hidden deep in threads. Sometimes I research one topic say "traffic" and read for two or three hours and copy and paste the best of the threads and keep them on my hard drive for future reference.

There are some fantastic gems in the copywriting forum I could spend a day in there easy.

Equally there are some hot threads that I have found worthless it depends what you are looking for
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George Wright

14 years ago

My Mama used to say of some people, "They are so busy trying to figure out what they are going to say next they don't have time to listen." That might apply here.

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Ken Strong 14 years ago

Whenever I see that Elmer started the thread, I always immediately scroll down to the 10th response or so without reading. Can someone tell me what was said above that? Anything good?
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actionplanbiz

14 years ago

what ever catches my attention, then ill read it. but im not going to read a 400 post thread before i reply =D

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by actionplanbiz

what ever catches my attention, then ill read it. but im not going to read a 400 post thread before i reply =D

But what would you be replying to? In such a thread, the conversation would have almost certainly moved on a fair distance from the OP.

And why would you expect anyone to read your post?

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actionplanbiz

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

But what would you be replying to? In such a thread, the conversation would have almost certainly moved on a fair distance from the OP.

And why would you expect anyone to read your post?

Frank

My reply wouldnt necessary be towards the OP. if its an interesting statement or question i would answer it no matter if someone already mentioned it.

and why would you expect no one to read peoples posts?

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Frank Donovan

14 years ago

Originally Posted by actionplanbiz

and why would you expect no one to read peoples posts?

Er..because of this:

Originally Posted by actionplanbiz

... but im not going to read a 400 post thread before i reply =D

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actionplanbiz

14 years ago

Er.. because its a current active thread...

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14 years ago

Originally Posted by actionplanbiz

Er.. because its a current active thread...

Not sure I'm following your logic. Any thread you're replying to is technically active, but I was referring to your hypothetical 400-post thread and reacting to your statement that you'd cherry-pick a post to reply to, regardless of whether the point you were making had already been made and/or responded to elsewhere in that thread.

I was simply remarking that if others were to follow that practice, you shouldn't necessarily expect any post/reply you make in that thread to be universally read.

Whatever. Given your previous statement, I suppose I should feel honoured that you've at least responded to my posts in this thread.

All the best,

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Killer Joe 14 years ago

I haven't taken the time to read all the other responses as obviously mine will be the best, in fact I didn't even read the entire OP, but let me just say this...

Thanks for sharing. Great post.

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actionplanbiz

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Not sure I'm following your logic. Any thread you're replying to is technically active, but I was referring to your hypothetical 400-post thread and reacting to your statement that you'd cherry-pick a post to reply to, regardless of whether the point you were making had already been made and/or responded to elsewhere in that thread.

I was simply remarking that if others were to follow that practice, you shouldn't necessarily expect any post/reply you make in that thread to be universally read.

Whatever. Given your previous statement, I suppose I should feel honoured that you've at least responded to my posts in this thread.

All the best,

Frank

i am not one of those that says "I don't know if this was mentioned but..."

i believe that replying with the same point that's already been made still makes a difference in most cases.

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Michael Mayo

14 years ago

I just witnessed this happening in another thread and thought that I should give this thread and ethical bump!

Have a Great Day!
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Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

Every time you read the OP and dash off a reply without going deeper into the thread you potentially pass up information which could add to your personal knowledge store. You're effectively screwing yourself.

Elmer

Alternatively, if every time you read a long thread that adds nothing to your knowledge base, you've effectively screwed yourself because that time could have been used to set up another income stream, or to improve one you already have.

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