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

[Morrus]

Nope. People can join in conversations when they want and leave them when they want. They should read the OP at least, but other than that, I don't see the rules as any different to joining a conversation at any other social gathering, especially if there are like 200 posts to read.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

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

Once a thread reaches 15 pages, these are my thoughts:

 

[J.Quondam]

Voted "yes", but only with extra scary scare quotes!
I expect posters to read the whole thread, just like I expect posters to stay on the thread topic. Because that's how it always happens.

 

[Charlaquin]

Sed contra, as pure separated Intellects, all Angels have complete and total knowledge of dancing. However, on that point, since they have no material extension, they cannot dance, so an infinite number of angels can not-dance on the head of a pin. So, infinite divided by zero.

Quod Erat Demonstratum, y'all.

Oh, I thought you were making a Good Omens reference and was playing along.

 

[Cadence]

Feels like one should read the first page and last few to avoid ground too well trod though.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

But what if they really earned a gentle roasting?

Then you should read the 20 pages of sparking and screaming before adding more logs to the fire.

 

[Parmandur]

Oh, I thought you were making a Good Omens reference and was playing along.

Nah, man, a layer deeper, I was going full Scholasticism nerd reference, joking about Henry More's characterization of Medieval philosophy by taking his joke example "seriously" as a Disputatio.

My "argument" does require accepting Aquinass views on Matter and Angels, rather than Bonaventure's distinction of "Spiritual Matter" as opposed to "Extended Matter," but boy howdy is this joke going too far.

 

[Parmandur]

Then you should read the 20 pages of sparking and screaming before adding more logs to the fire.

That's no fun.

 

[Thunder Brother]

I think requiring someone to read the Halfling thread may be a form of torture.

 

[Yaarel]

It is polite to read the posts, and even useful for people who are interested in the thread topic.

It is also polite to welcome newcomers to the conversation who found the original post interesting but havent slogged thru the entire thread yet.