Posting a response without reading the other responses

[Quasqueton]

What is it with people reading a posted question, ignoring the 78 responses answering the question, and then posting an answer to the question that essentially either repeats what the other 78 have said, or else contradicts what the other 78 have said because the person doesn't really know anything about the subject?

Quasqueton

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

It's the internet. Nobody matters but the person posting. Everyone else is not worth reading.

 

[reveal]

It's the internet. Nobody matters but the person posting. Everyone else is not worth reading.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

What can you do? It is the internet. Sometimes you just don't want to read all the responses.

 

[JimAde]

It's the internet. Everybody matters equally.

Seriously, this is just human nature and I don't think there's much you can do about it. This is why I don't respond to threads that have more than about a page worth of responses. I don't want to look like an idiot repeating what everybody else said, and I don't want to read tons of posts where people do just that.

 

[Rel]

I view this as a minor annoyance at worst. If you post without reading the rest of the thread then you run all the typical risks of having an uninformed opinion (i.e. mostly looking like an idiot). It would seem to be a waste of time but that's just my perspective. If I note someone doing it on a regular basis then I tend to discount their opinions even if they accidentally post something original and insightful to the thread (even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while). Because they clearly aren't interested in discourse, only the stating of thier own point of view.

 

[Hand of Evil]

So, what does it matter that your thread was answered by 77 other posters, I want to add my 2 cents and sure it may be a repeat but it is my response to you, not what someone else had to say, maybe I think mine is better stated, or I will use a cute smiley to make a point.

It is a response to a post in the hope of conversation that is all.

 

[Quasqueton]

And what is with people hijacking their own thread into completely unrelated tangents because apparently they either got tired of their original question, or want to redirect the subject to something else without having to actually start another thread?

Quasqueton

 

[reveal]

And what is with people hijacking their own thread into completely unrelated tangents because apparently they either got tired of their original question, or want to redirect the subject to something else without having to actually start another thread?

Quasqueton

Those people are weird.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Why ask why?