I usually add some useful context in the post-body of the posts I make.
Sometimes, it’s rather apparent when someone replies (typically antagonistically) without realizing that I’ve already addressed their concern in the body of the post that they decided not to read.
Strive to be more than a knee-jerk reaction.
- me, 20+ years ago.
If there’s text in the body, I’ll always read it.
Now a better question is if you asked us if we read the linked article before commenting lol.
Now a better question is if you asked us if we read the linked article before commenting lol.
Touché.
(I typically don’t, myself. I look for a reply that gives me a tl;dr of it.)
I don’t read the article if there’s any kind of paywall, advertisements or too complicated gdpr shit. Otherwise I at least try to skim the article.
I’d say it’s 95/5… I usually read the whole post or skim read it at least before replying, but sometimes I’ll start typing and realize the post was very different from what I thought it was halfway through my rant, so I just discard it before posting (a couple of times I didn’t though).
Reading the title takes too long! I conduct a post vibes séance and respond based off that, namaste
Please reply to my ask-ouija post.
Rule 1. Never read the article.
Rule 2. React with emotion.
Rule 3. You’re always right.
Rule 4. Anyone who disagrees with you, is always wrong.At least that’s pretty much how Reddit works. I guess many people imported the rules when they emigrated.
Oh and almost forgot my personal answer: It depends. I try to read the post or article before commenting, but I’ve deviated from my own standards a few times.
Good.
F’n.
Answer. (to this post)You forgot rule 5: If you can’t think of anything insightful to say, be sarcastic and dismissive instead.
So many people here (as on Reddit) seemingly can’t resist the urge to drop an oh-so-clever zinger so they can watch the updoots roll in with zero critical thinking skills required. It’s tragic.
Usually it’s combined with rule 1, so they’ll be reacting to something in the title without realising the article explained what they’re griping about. Confidently incorrect, always.
Confidently incorrect? Sounds strangely familiar. So that’s where the LLMs learned it from. Reddit training data doing its thing apparently.
I’m always honest! Also I don’t always finish reading the title.
Reading the title tells me if it’s something I’m interested in. This is when I click and read the body. If the title isn’t of interest, I’ll mark it as read and move on.
I read the comments first to see if it’s even worth it. Websites are hostile now, with coercive tracking ‘consent’ popups, newsletter signup popups, ‘related content’ interjections every paragraph - and that’s with an adblocker
Depends
If the title is interesting I’ll read the text and if I decide to reply there’s a good chance I’ll sigh and discard my comment and move on.
Although sometimes I won’t notice a post with an image has text underneath.
If the title is clickbailty than the problem is the title
For articles, I dont read the post body/article*, but I will read the comments then comment (which is already rare)
For all other posts, I do read the post body + the comments.
*If the article seems interesting, I’ll read it. Usually though I dont.
