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Do you ever skip over novel-length answers or do you attempt to read them?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    they tend to just be cut and paste and so don't really manage to address the question, so --- skip

  • Magus
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I do sometimes attempt to read them, but if at somepoint I see it cannot be directly related to what I am talking about, meaning it was cut and pasted to answer a multitude of questions, I usually stop. I don't want to sift through the non-answer to find out what you are trying to say.

  • It depends on the content. If it's a bunch of cut and paste propoganda I skip it. If someone's got something to say I try to read it.

  • 1 decade ago

    I attempt most times. Just when time is short do I skip.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nobody wites anything that long, it is a copy and paste job, so I tend to skip them.

    Mind you, the first sentence gives a fair guide to the quality of the rest anyway.

  • Guvo
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    It depends. I would prefer to read them all, but sometimes I am having a short attention span and want to skip to short paragraph answers.

  • 1 decade ago

    A lot of the really long ones are cut-and-paste; I look to see if I've seen it before. Those generally get a downcheck. If it looks new, or interesting, or both, I see if I can plow through it. But I'm a fairly fast reader.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sometimes I can read a few lines and decide to skip reading them.

  • 1 decade ago

    Skip the copy-and-paste slop but skim through the real ones

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I refuse to read them and if I see that it's a bunch of bible quotes I automatically give em a thumbs down- especially if my question is whether or not you smoke- no need to pull the old book off the shelf for that one!!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    skip them as a normal practice.

    ~ Eric Putkonen

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