Skip answers that go on longer than say, the height of your monitor? I've noticed a growing trend of these, and every few paragraphs there's often a chapter and verse citation.
Personally, I think it's like resumes. People are looking for succinct, pertinent information, not someone's life story most of the time.
2007-11-24 05:43:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Depends on how interesting it is. If you don't capture my interest in the first paragraph, I won't read the rest.
2007-11-24 05:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If they're just copying and pasting something yes I skip it. But a well thought out answer is often long. If you're skipping those in favor of what are essentially mindless blurbs I feel sorry for you.
Almost no one here is asking questions that can be answered with a yes or no. Many times it's clear even the asker doesn't realize how complex the question is.
A good part of the reason so many people are more or less simply spitting at each other is because people are poorly writing both questions and answers. Half the time they don't even realise they have completely misunderstood each other.
2007-11-24 05:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm one of your long answerers, but I only have a pertinent quote if it fits the situation, not to try to evangelize (in r&s).
I scan the really long ones, I speed read, so it's not so tough for me. But like some others have shared, I read what is there if it grabs me. I like a little meat in my answers when I ask a question, so I reply in kind. Hope this wasn't too long for you. (no sarcasm here, I deplore it, it comes from the Greek word sarcos, to tear flesh.)
2007-11-24 14:04:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do is read a few lines to know if the post is going to actually answer the question that was asked. If it does not address the question, no I won't continue to read it.
2007-11-24 05:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I'll skip. Sometimes I'll answer the initial "question" and skip the rest.
2007-11-24 05:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by punch 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
lol, some people give answers like that, it takes me 5 minutes to scroll down the page and see the next answer...
2007-11-24 05:48:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes answers need to be long.
2007-11-24 05:47:22 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i will read if they are interested stuipid i click to the next one
2007-11-24 05:50:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i will read and answer.....unless it is obvious copy and paste
2007-11-24 05:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋