Do you read Fluther answers?

Yes, sometimes. Depends on the question.

If it was me who was doing asking, I always read it.

If a few people go off topic, and do a little long-winded chit-chat, sometimes, I don’t.

For me it depends on the writer. I’ll read whatever @daloon or @dalepetrie or@Harp writes, no matter how long. There are others whose answers I skip no matter how short.

I do! I don’t think there’s such thing as too long an answer… but then, I write long answers often, sooo…
I just feel like, wow, that person put a lot of time into their response! Not that the others didn’t, but their responses are quicker to read. So I should read it!
The answers are half of fluther… so I read them, yes!!

I will usually read all the answers to a question I’ve posted but if it is someone I know to be longwinded, I will occasionally skim a bit. I do not always read all the details in a longwinded question or in an answer to someone else’s question.

I do more reading here than asking or answering. Especially the overly long answers. Many of them turn out to be long winded empty discourse. Lots of words no meaning.

Usually if I have asked the question I try to read all the answers. However, there are times when my brain is just too tired to read a long post that is made difficult to read by the lack of paragraphs and/or decent grammar and spelling. The format of a long answer is often just as important as the actual content.

@Leanne1986 I agree with you – the formatting can make it more or less readable.

I’ll skim, but I won’t entirely skip over, unless I’m reading a question where two people have started a long-winded and usually senseless debate amongst eachother.

Sometimes I write long answers, when they are appropriate. Like one where someone asked how to train their dog. Two sentences won’t give a proper answer to that.

I usually read them.
Later.

Most of the time.

Always, unless the writing is utterly deplorable.

i dont read paragraphs that are all written like thisLOL where the writer not only doesnt use puncutition but is also practicly imposible to read due to a real lack of content in the writing itself although i dont read thigns that are just blocks of text like this i dont read things punctuated by enters that is just as annoying this was harder to type than you can imaginLOL

ow ow ow

@delirium No shit, ow! That was painful to read!

@jmah I’m taking it as a compliment that you made it all the way through that!!!

@delirium I didn’t but I gave you a GA anyway.

If I ask a question, I do try to make a concerted effort to read all the responses that have been posted because people took time out to give me answers and I appreciate that. I also acknowledge that there have been times when reading very long answers where I didn’t scrutinize it as much as I could or should have.

@delirium ;-)

i read a few depending on how many answers there are. if there’s like 30 i most likely won’t read any but if there’s 5 or so, i would read them.

It depends. If I’m interested in the question, and there are only a few answers then I’ll read them. If there are about a million answers and I’m interested in the question, I’ll read the ones that look interesting. If I don’t like the question then I won’t read the answers. If it’s my own question I’ll read all the answers.

For the most part, yes. Every post I type an answer to stays in my active fluther unitl it either deteriorates in off topics or no one answers anymore and then if I remember, I might stop following. If I post something then of course I will read each answer in order to glean whatever I can.

If I am going to respond to a question, then I read all of the answers. I don’t want to be repetitive and I like to know what has already been said.

Delirium did the hard part for me (thank you). Recently there seems to be a degradation of both questions and answers, in some but not all cases. Are people trying too hard and needing to be heard on any subject, meaningful or not?

I am doing a lot of pruning, deleting, omitting, and using self-restraint. I also do some selective reading, knowing who I think will be interesting, brief, informed, funny and literate (in general).

I tend to answer the question in my head first then read through to make sure I’m not going to be flogging a dead horse, then I’ll put my answer.
(like many of you guys I see!)
Lots of questions I dont answer because I can’t add anything different or pertinent.

@scotsbloke: I’m often so late to a thread that anything I would write has already been so I click off some GA’s and go on my way.

@hungryhungryhortence I do that sometimes too – if I think an answer is really good I like to say so too. sometimes I feel I’m just typing stuff for the sake of saying something but hopefully it does’nt come over that way.

Yes, if there not so long and boring, I like to get to the point.

I wish I were witty enough to write an enormous answer to this one, but in short; yes I read them all.

Yes. Unless half way through it I find myself not understanding their point. Then I’ll skim it and get to the parts that make sense. Or I won’t if they are not addressing the question.

I read all the above answers and I have nothing to add.

If I ask, I read everything.
If I answer, I try to read everything before my answer. I then will scan to see if anyone replies to me.

I do the same thing as @filmfann aka Butters.

I often do. I figure that it helps to reiterate an answer. And perhaps it would further the knowledge of all of us if it were to make a narrow answer broader/wider. With extra help from everyone, it makes giving answers a little easier. At least, that’s why I read.

I’ve written one or two long answers. I have no expectation that anyone will read them all. It’s nice when people say they do, but I don’t blame anyone for taking a look at all that text and skipping it. I suppose I could edit, but that would take my writing far too seriously. It’s just plebeian navel gazing, anyway. What do you expect? No one charges you to read this crap, do they?

@daloon: My bill is in the mail.

Keep on dreaming, @gailcalled. I can’t afford to read your writing. Not even the period at the end of a footnote.

Nobody has even answered this question yet, that sucks.

@LeopardGecko Did you read the answers? I think we did answer your question.

Thanks for the answers guys! I give you all GAs.. even though I skipped over a few. But thanks for contributing.