BB Bookwriters.....

It really does depend on the subject/person who typed it.
I pretty much stay away from the history forum and posts. Love the subject, but am more interested in the gossip parts, like what did people eat and how did pioneer women keep babies in clean diapers and how did people get splinters out before they invented tweezers. LOL Ya know, the important stuff! I don't really care how this and that affected us, because it's just the same thing over and over and over and over and over with different names attached since the beginning of time.
If someone makes a run-on post with bad spelling, punctuation, and lack of paragraphs I don't even try. Anyone can push the space and return button, so there's no excuse for not making a long post somewhat legible. If they're not bright enough to figure those buttons out they most likely don't have anything to say worth reading.
Gina

 

When a post is extra long and keeps going on and on I never read the whole thing, based on size alone. Takes too much time, I don't plan on making this my permanent home.

 

King James Bible Only...now that`s short,
amen?

 

I usually only get throught the first five paragraphs (and not that far for a select few...)

I read what is presented in taste, with a valid viewpoint. Flaming is disregarded and skipped. Hooey (as it was so aptly put) such as evolutionism, KJVOnlyism, charismatic stuff, and the like goes into the mental round file also.

I come here to learn, to grow, and to post on what I believe. But sometimes what I have to wade through to get to anything of substance makes me wonder if it is worth the effort... Especially those posts that go one for above three miles, and still say nothing.

In Christ,
Trotter

 

Depends on the subject and who is writing it. I will not waste my time reading nonsense.

 

I often wonder why people bother to write more than a page, particurly when it is drivel anyway!

If we are having an argument on a subect, I would suggest making no more than three points in a post and answering each point in the others post.

 

I won't read more than 3 or 4 paragraphs. I hate when someone preaches a sermon in their post. It gets sooooooooooo boring.
I don't have a problem listening to some sermons, but don't want to read them. Lots of people here have "long winded" minds.

 

I prefer a few paragraphs and a link. If I want to read more, I'll click on the link. If not...

Actually, really long posts are supposed to be edited (due to bandwidth) but this rule is not followed 'religiously'.

§ue

 

I do not read long posts, life is too busy and too many things to get done both on line and off to spend 30 minutes reading one post.

 

Not improved at all. I have in the past weeks skipped reading some threads with interesting titles becasue of the length of the posts.

 

I ignore long posts--especially the ones that quote every word of someone else's long post and then make long relies to all of it. The post seems to go on and on and on. I like the posts that come to a point quickly. One's point gets lost in the abundace of words.

 

We were once told if we were going to dot hat to use only the parts of the qiote we were refering too, not the whole thing.