Do you read long posts/comments?

[gidbass]

When comments on a thread are mostly 2-5 sentences, and then a commenter posts 6 paragraphs, I’ve always wondered if anyone actually reads those long, run-on posts. Or do you just scroll past it?

TL;DR...

 

[Plain Old Barry]

The early lines of a post usually tell me to keep reading or not. Some topics require more space to describe, others don't.

 

[AlexanderB]

Jaco never really tried to explain highly technical topics.

It was very much tongue in cheek... I am glad to read, as well as write longer posts, especially when related to technical discussions here.

 

[Tony In Philly]

Whenever there is a single paragraph that extends for an entire page, I'm less likely to be able to have the patience to read the whole thing. If it's broken into well written paragraphs then it's a much easier read. Also bad grammar, lazy typing, unintelligible abbreviations mixed with endless emojis require additional perseverance.

 

[LBS-bass]

My sincere answer is that yes, I will read them if the subject matter is of interest and the post is written well enough that I can follow the text well.

I skim over them if I'm not that interested and, as others have stated, if it's a disorganized wall of text, I may try if I think I'm interested, but often will skip that.

I read a lot, and I'm sure this influences this, as well as my own writing style

Have a great day, everyone.

 

[57pbass]

It really depends on the topic.
Usually don’t read band drama posts.. they are usually long and dramatic.
There’s so much knowledge here on Talkbass and as the saying goes “ Knowledge Is Good “
( name that movie where this was so eloquently stated)

 

[Smooth_bass88]

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[Tampabass]

Depends ... on topic, whether it's written in understandable language, and, yeah, how long it is.
I'm willing to read a few paragraphs on something I care about, but probably not 18 paragraphs. Give me the bullet points, yo. I have other stuff to do, mang!

 

[WillyW]

run on sentences, no pictures, and basses at nieces houses make me lose interest very quickly

 

[eric_B]

The length of a post is no issue to me if it makes sense, the bizarre amount of comments on some topics is.
I really don't have nor want to spend the time to read them all.

 

[Relayer71]

No, negative, never, I wouldn't, I dislike long comments, why would I? I have better things to do, why waste my time? Should I waste your time? Of course not, not in my nature, not in my personality, I'm all for getting it over, done, completed, finished, NOW, not tomorrow, not next week, not next year, not next presidential election, I want the facts and I want them now, so no, I would never read, nor write, long comments. I just can't.

 

[OregonMike]

When comments on a thread are mostly 2-5 sentences, and then a commenter posts 6 paragraphs, I’ve always wondered if anyone actually reads those long, run-on posts. Or do you just scroll past it?

Like a book, if it doesn't grab me in the first paragraph, I move on. If it's one whole paragraph, that's a red flag and I move on. There's a tab and return key for a reason and I'm a fan of brevity.

 

[micguy]

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I like a post that gets right to...the point.

 

[tb-player]

the bizarre amount of comments on some topics is.

I feel like this silly thread is approaching that bizarre amount.

 

[Neil Folkard]

Very rarely. If it's a thread that I'm really interested in, and it's 8 pages long, I usually skip most of the really long ones. The internet is not a place to write a novella. I feel the same, when somebody recommends a Youtube video about a topic. If it's too long, I'm not taking the plunge. If Rick Beato made shorter videos, I'd watch morer of them.

 

[GIBrat51]

When comments on a thread are mostly 2-5 sentences, and then a commenter posts 6 paragraphs, I’ve always wondered if anyone actually reads those long, run-on posts. Or do you just scroll past it?

I guess I'd have to say... it depends. On what's being discussed; on how well the writer can write; and how knowledgeable the writer appears to be. Six paragraphs of incoherent rant, that would get the writer an F in English class? Sorry; ya lost me after the first couple of misspelled sentences. OTOH, six lucid, well written paragraphs on everything I might want to know about something that I have an interest in? Yeah, you bet I'll read it - and enjoy it, too. Sad to say, long posts like that don't seem to come along too often. And, sad to say, I've been guilty of posting stuff that, while they've never been that long, have occasionally been longer than they probably should have been. Usually when I'm writing the thing a 3 in the morning...