Handling 10+ Page Forum Threads.

8 Responses to “Handling 10+ Page Forum Threads.”

1. Chris Boggs Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 11:50 am

   I like to read the whole thing, if I haven’t been keeping up with it. Sometimes is fun “catching up” by responding to about 6 different posts at once.

   My choice for only one forum would be SEW.

2. webprofessor Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 11:53 am

   I just read the first few posts and the last few posts.

   Usually if there was anything interesting in between someone will mention it.

3. Gilad Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 12:03 pm

   I’ll usually wait for an abstract at SEroundtable or TW (it’s their mission to watch these threads, isn’t it ) ,
   If this isn’t coming - I’ll skip between posts.

4. Peter T Davis Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 12:17 pm

   99% of the time I’ll pass the thread entirely. I’ve been around too long to get sucked into that stuff (mostly).

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin’s_law

5. graywolf Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 2:42 pm

   Yep I wait for some to summarize or skip it entirely, usually it’s just not worth the time investment.

6. feed my brain » Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 3:40 pm

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7. kid disco Says:
   February 10th, 2006 at 9:46 pm

   It depends on what the topic is, but I will USUALLY read the first post and then do a fast-read/slow-skim until something pops out at me.

   Of course Mr. Boggs would say SEW… LOL… I concur

8. Christoph Cemper Says:
   February 14th, 2006 at 6:43 pm

   Hey I hate those “DID PR Update-Threads”…

   I just scan the first few posts, then wait for the whole crap to be indexed by Yahoo and then if interested again to a

   site:www.jimboykin.com search my keyword

   on Yahoo

   cheers, christoph