D&D General Poll: Should a poster be expected to read (or at least skim) all posts before posting in a thread?

[Yaarel]

Oh, that's good stuff man. Let's all talk more about angels and ether, yummy, yummy.

Ok for any others, here is the link to continue the conversation in a more topical thread:

D&D 5E - In a polytheistic setting, the relationship between a Cleric and a deity goes in the Ideal and Flaw section.

In a polytheistic setting, the relationship between a Cleric and a deity goes in the Ideal and Flaw section. The deity itself and-or its sacred community are "Bonds". Additionally, the Cleric might share some "Ideal" in common cause with the deity. Perhaps the Cleric and the deity might even...

www.enworld.org

Understanding how angels work, is surprisingly useful to understanding how the entire D&D multiverse works.

 

[Parmandur]

@Pamandur i think you need to lay off the sugar or what ever is making you so giddy this evening

Good Lord, just sitting down for Linch, hardly evening in Sunny Calif. That was some good coffee, though.

 

[LordEntrails]

@Pamandur i think you need to lay off the sugar or what ever is making you so giddy this evening

Speaking of sugar, I don't know why people are into these artificial sweeteners. I mean sugar is not only natural, it just doesn't have that many calories. At least not when compared to sucrose!

 

[Bolares]

@Parmandur is on fire today! Can I have some of what you are taking? hahaha

 

[cbwjm]

A common motiff. You have your 15 page thread, and someone posts "so I skipped the first 15 pages, but here are my thoughts".

I personally consider this extremely arrogant. The person is effectively saying "other people's thoughts are not worthy of my time, but I think my thoughts should consume the time of others". Further, this often leads to duplicative posting, many times the poster writes something that has already been discussed at length in the 15+ pages prior.

On the flip side, as thread lengths get longer, the investment gets greater, and if posters are expected to read the whole thread, than the likelihood of new thoughts into the thread goes down substantially.

So what do you think is the better social convention: Posters should read (or at least skim) the entirety of a thread before posting, or should just post at their leisure?

I say no, especially as they're likely responding to the opening post. Considering drift in forum threads, by the time they post it might be the only post for a dozen or more pages that is on topic. Also, I haven't read any of the other posts in this thread.

 

[billd91]

Idea:

Whenever the mods post Redtext in a thread, perhaps they could edit the OP to provide a link to the Redtext so that new commenters are aware of what topics have already been addressed and should be avoided.

They often do that already in the sense that they'll stick a banner in the source post (if there's a single one).

 

[Bolares]

Idea:

Whenever the mods post Redtext in a thread, perhaps they could edit the OP to provide a link to the Redtext so that new commenters are aware of what topics have already been addressed and should be avoided.

Or at least a notification to thread watchers, so you don't miss the red text on posts that are flying quickly

 

[Parmandur]

@Parmandur is on fire today! Can I have some of what you are taking? hahaha

Fine Fair-Trade Coffee from Target, and some hot cocoa mixed in, because I felt like it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The answer to that question is "infinite" because Angels have no material extension.

No, the answer is one, because they do have material existence.

 

[Steampunkette]

Expected? Yes.

Required? No.

I expect anyone who joins a discussion to read what others have wrote to some degree and understand the topic. But if they haven't I don't have an issue with getting them caught up, so long as they're in good faith.