Do you read long and boring "wall of text" posts?

[fretworn]

So what have we learned here, LOL?

Something about short attention spans …


Squirrel 🐿

 

[JiveTurkey]

There's a chance the Yes' might still pull ahead

 

[Fireproof]

There's a chance the Yes' might still pull ahead

What? Sorry your post was too short to read. I need some real depth and density to hold my attention… and no paragraphs or proper sentence structure please. I like to feel like I’m wading through a dense jungle with only a pocket knife in hand.

 

[James Freeman]

Bump.
Vote.

 

[Blix]

No, I might encourage the wannabe Tolstoy to at least use paragraphs.

 

[jellodog]

Bump.
Vote.

Just wondering: Do these "hypothetical" long posts contain different font styles, multiple colours, underlining & copious amounts of ellipses?

Asking for a fiend

 

[holoholo]

I know this turned out to be somewhat of a joke thread but I actually do read some long posts . I've learned a lot from great posters like @James Freeman, @laxu, @DieSchmalle, etc.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Asking for a fiend

I actually like his style of formatting. Easier for me to read

 

[norminal]

Nope. If someone can’t take the initiative to properly format and present what they are trying to say, then I have no interest in reading it.

That said, @BenIfin sets the standard in legible, and engaging posts.

TL;DR: Be more like @BenIfin

 

[la szum]

Serious deductions for using all the formatting options in one post.

 

[la szum]

Not here for the scholars, as much as for the GIFs.

 

[BenIfin]

Nope. If someone can’t take the initiative to properly format and present what they are trying to say, then I have no interest in reading it.

That said, @BenIfin sets the standard in legible, and engaging posts.

TL;DR: Be more like @BenIfin

Thanks. Too kind ! :)

Serious deductions for using all the formatting options in one post.

Yes .... its an ongoing, very slow journey :)

 

[James Freeman]

It's even worse on a phone, two sentences look like an encyclopedia

I know this turned out to be somewhat of a joke thread but I actually do read some long posts . I've learned a lot from great posters

The beauty of forums is the info is always there for people who search for it.
I have learned a TON form TGP, MarshallForum, DIYStompboxes and many more sites google finds for me.
Memes are fun and all but it quickly turns into a boring shit show without any real value.

 

[laxu]

I often type long posts and try to deliberately think how to split paragraphs so that they remain readable and understandable. You probably know I love my bullet point lists at this point.

There's some posters on other forums that write like some sort of stream of consciousness with excessive punctuation or weird use of capitalization, emphasis etc. Almost always with no paragraphs. Those are very difficult to read even if the poster might have some interesting things to say.

There's also one guy on another forum that posts almost a copy paste dissertation for every one of his posts. It gets annoying to try to find the new content in that. I get that the same stuff gets repeated but like, point to an existing post if you need to repeat.

 

[BahamaDada]

As a teacher I am used to read loads of bullshit, so... sometimes.

If the topic interestes me you can see me reading a 100 column WOT.

If it doesn't interest me I won't read hardly past the headline.

What was the question?

 

[the-trooper]

That said, @BenIfin sets the standard in legible, and engaging posts.

I have nothing... against @BenIfin ...... But.... I skip probably 90% of his posts........ because of so much formatting and ....... dots....... which makes it hard to read.
Add some paragraphs and be done with it.

(He's gotten a little better since this post )