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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.)
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.
It depends on how funny of a joke I can make from just the headline.
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.
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.
Good.
F’n.
Answer. (to this post)
I’m always honest! Also I don’t always finish reading the title.
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).
If the title is clickbaity or deliberately void of context, I scroll past. If the title gives a reasonable idea of what the context is, I read on.
TBF (to myself) I sometimes use a clickbaity title if I think it sounds good.
No problem. I’ll just scroll past it. 👍
