How well do you read threads before replying

[jac]

Have seen a number of threads where the OP asks for something fairly precise. The first 2 or 3 responses deal with answering the Q and correcting any omissions etc but after a thread gets to a page, the quality tends to drop with many new posters repeating what's already been said or ignoring a key part of the OP requirements.

So when seeing a thread with some replies what do you do?

 

[Iain C]

If your Q flag has threads showing just buy a new one. And the drop in quality at Rocna is now sorted apparently. Hope this helps.

 

[Croak]

I think your Q flag has treads showing, and I agree that the first 2 or 3 responses deal with answering the Q and correcting any omissions etc

 

[Twister_Ken]

Thanks, I'll have a Scotch and dry ginger.

 

[prv]

I almost always read the whole thread before replying. If it's a long one, I tick the "Multi-Quote" buttons (to the right of "Reply With Quote") to bookmark posts I want to reply to. Then get to the end and hit the main "Reply" button at the bottom, all the posts I want to reply to are quoted. Sometimes I split them into several reply posts if they don't fit well together. Quite often I remove one or two that I no longer need to reply to having read those that came after them.

Pete

 

[CreakyDecks]

The PL258 causes less reflections than the N type, or is it the other way round.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I still can't see why she turned to starboard.

 

[laika]

Noticed that a fair amount. Both the repeats and replying to a poster who says "I can't use method X because..." with something like "Use method X".

So when seeing a thread with some replies what do you do?

..and I suppose I should actually answer the question with "I read everything or don't post"

 

[2nd_apprentice]

This has been discussed before. Do a google using the "site:.ybw.com/forums" option.

 

[rivonia]

No I don't think it will fit

 

[maxi77]

I think a lot of the problem is that many people do not see what is written but what their brain thought was written. I was hopeless at proof reading my own work because my brain saw what I meant to write not what I had actually written. I think a lot of people suffer from this, a quick scan of a paragraph forms a picture in their mind which is what they thought it was about not what it really was.

 

[laika]

No I don't think it will fit

Probably because you're trying to fix it with CT1. Sikaflex 291i is a far better option.

I'm sure PabloPicasso will be along any minute to agree with me

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Stilton and Port are a vital tradition in the Clyde Scuttlebutt meetings.

 

[rbmatthews]

Probably because you're trying to fix it with CT1. Sikaflex 291i is a far better option.

And Gorgonzola in particular!

 

[Twister_Ken]

Lakesailer is sure to have an apposite photo.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Lakesailer is sure to have an apposite photo.

or even an opposite one

 

[mikeinkwazi]

Blue cheese quality at the co op is not what it was

 

[Croak]

I haven't bothered to read all the posts cos I am a very busy person, but I completely agree with the OP.

 

[Lakesailor]

Lakesailer is sure to have an apposite photo.

 

[Iain C]

Buy an Anderson 22.