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Re: 2022 Oracle | Red Bull Racing F1 Team
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 09:08
by mendis
Sorry to ask an offtopic question. How many people here read more than 3 or 4 lines if a post is written like a blog post? Personally, i would skip the whole stuff if it visually looks like more than 5 lines.
Re: 2022 Oracle | Red Bull Racing F1 Team
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 12:55
by dxpetrov
mendis wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 09:08
Sorry to ask an offtopic question. How many people here read more than 3 or 4 lines if a post is written like a blog post? Personally, i would skip the whole stuff if it visually looks like more than 5 lines.
Absolutely. No patience at all to read through the novels...
Re: 2022 Oracle | Red Bull Racing F1 Team
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 13:08
by hollus
dxpetrov wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 12:55
mendis wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 09:08
Sorry to ask an offtopic question. How many people here read more than 3 or 4 lines if a post is written like a blog post? Personally, i would skip the whole stuff if it visually looks like more than 5 lines.
Absolutely. No patience at all to read through the novels...
If 5 lines is too much, it gets quite difficult to have any sort of deep discussion. Details often need an introduction, then caveats.
5 lines is 3 tweets, less in a phone. Do we really want a twitter level discussion here? I know I don't, but that is just me. The best posts, in my eyes, almost always are medium long. No need for a novel every time, but if you are discarding longer posts, you are likely missing out.
Maybe skim-reading a long post before reading with focus if needed is a thing from the older generations?
Anyways, my opinion, on line 7 of my posting window, and the last I say about it in this topic as it is off topic: A deep and informative discussion does not fit into 5 line posts. If you want to invest little time, you might get little insight.
How much text do people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 14:27
by hollus
Split from the Red Bull team thread. This is a better place to continue.
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 14:52
by Big Tea
It very much depends on the subject and the poster, and to no small amount on the formatting and punctuation.
I usually try to read everything, but will admit to sometimes feeling' swamped' and skim reading
On a similar track, is there a way to exclude some threads from the unread posts notification? Not because I dislike anyone, just some I have no interest in
Re: 2022 Oracle | Red Bull Racing F1 Team
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 15:06
by mendis
hollus wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 13:08
dxpetrov wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 12:55
mendis wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 09:08
Sorry to ask an offtopic question. How many people here read more than 3 or 4 lines if a post is written like a blog post? Personally, i would skip the whole stuff if it visually looks like more than 5 lines.
Absolutely. No patience at all to read through the novels...
If 5 lines is too much, it gets quite difficult to have any sort of deep discussion. Details often need an introduction, then caveats.
5 lines is 3 tweets, less in a phone. Do we really want a twitter level discussion here? I know I don't, but that is just me. The best posts, in my eyes, almost always are medium long. No need for a novel every time, but if you are discarding longer posts, you are likely missing out.
Maybe skim-reading a long post before reading with focus if needed is a thing from the older generations?
Anyways, my opinion, on line 7 of my posting window, and the last I say about it in this topic as it is off topic: A deep and informative discussion does not fit into 5 line posts. If you want to invest little time, you might get little insight.
Different people have different span of attention. I usually like podcasts as I can listen to them while driving. Even the articles online, I skip through the commentary of the writer and look for the actual quotes of people, which is the basis for the article. In the technical threads here, which is the home of nerds, you can read through the posts where they explain stuff. IMHO having spent a certain time on this site, we know who is who and what to expect and that forms the basis for span of attention I guess.
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 15:07
by Wouter
Big Tea wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 14:52
On a similar track, is there a way to exclude some threads from the unread posts notification?
Not because I dislike anyone, just some I have no interest in
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You can choose "Active Topics". Problem solved.
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 15:51
by Big Tea
Wouter wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 15:07
Big Tea wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 14:52
On a similar track, is there a way to exclude some threads from the unread posts notification?
Not because I dislike anyone, just some I have no interest in
.
You can choose "Active Topics". Problem solved.
No, that only gives 'Active topics' not those I want. It does not allow me to chose which I am choosing to read, but those 'being read'
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 15:57
by Wouter
Big Tea wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 15:51
Wouter wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 15:07
Big Tea wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 14:52
On a similar track, is there a way to exclude some threads from the unread posts notification?
Not because I dislike anyone, just some I have no interest in
.
You can choose "Active Topics". Problem solved.
.
No, that only gives 'Active topics' not those I want. It does not allow me to chose which I am choosing to read, but those 'being read'
Oh, then I misunderstood you.
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 16:02
by Big Tea
Wouter wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 15:57
Big Tea wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 15:51
Wouter wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 15:07
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You can choose "Active Topics". Problem solved.
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No, that only gives 'Active topics' not those I want. It does not allow me to chose which I am choosing to read, but those 'being read'
Oh, then I misunderstood you.
Thanks anyway.
For example, right now I have 3 topics up, say one of which I do not want updates on = Is the RB18 dominant, but I want all others unless I add (remove) another. (picked that one at random)
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 23:08
by Greg Locock
If it is a technical thread (which is not often, this being F1 Technical) then I'll read in length proportional to the perceived wisdom of the poster. If it's just one of the usual suspects I'll read until the first ridiculous statement and then either answer or skip it.
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 16 Oct 2022, 23:34
by organic
Depends on the thread and the user that has made the post.
In the threads I frequent, I'll read fully anything from regular contributors and other well put-together comments
Depends how long it's been since I visited the forum too. If there's a few pages I've missed there's no way I'm reading the backlog
Re: 2022 Oracle | Red Bull Racing F1 Team
Posted: 17 Oct 2022, 00:21
by Just_a_fan
mendis wrote: ↑16 Oct 2022, 09:08
Sorry to ask an offtopic question. How many people here read more than 3 or 4 lines if a post is written like a blog post? Personally, i would skip the whole stuff if it visually looks like more than 5 lines.
I guess you've never read a book then. Or did it just take you a very long time?
4 lines. Walk away.
Come back. 4 more lines. Walk away
Etc.
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 17 Oct 2022, 01:20
by johnny comelately
Videos are handy then
Re: How much text to people read?
Posted: 17 Oct 2022, 02:25
by Zynerji
It depends on the poster, and the content of which they speak.
Actually, there are hundreds of threads that I don't even open, but I read everything in the threads that I'm interested in.