Why is it that few people seem to read the entire post?

[Diantane]

Instead they "skim" the post. Not reading most of it and trying to formulate a response from very little information and usually get it all wrong.

 

They just read "this"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                         and then "this"

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                  and maybe "this"

 

 

 

and then reply. Good luck with that.

[Snarky]

Skim milk is garbage. Who likes it?  Nobody!

[CFIndustries]

Human nature?

 

Ever send a bulleted or numbered list of issues to a typical support desk and notice they only tackle the first one, maybe the second one?

 

Ever send a longer email to someone and not get any indication they read more than a handful of sentences from it?

 

I changed my entire style of dealing with others via email years ago to accommodate this problem.

[Ghost]

Write shorter posts.

People don’t come on here in search of the next great novel - so don’t try to give it to them.

[Jacke]

1 hour ago, Diantane said:

Instead they "skim" the post. Not reading most of it and trying to formulate a response from very little information and usually get it all wrong.

 

They just read "this"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                         and then "this"

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                  and maybe "this"

 

 

 

and then reply. Good luck with that.

 

21 minutes ago, Ghost said:

Write shorter posts.

People don’t come on here in search of the next great novel - so don’t try to give it to them.

 

@Diantane, @Ghost is very much right.  Need to take the effort to summarize.  Also applies on a higher level.  Make too many posts and people will not pay that much attention.

[JasperStone]

Some posts are like:

 

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CityofHeroeswasamassivelymultiplayeronlinegame(MMO)developedbyCrypticStudiosandlaterParagonStudios,publishedbyNCSoft,releasedin2004.Itallowedplayerstocreateuniqueheroeswithcustomizablecostumes,powersets,andbackgroundstories,exploringthefictitiousParagonCity,adenseurbanlandscapeoftenskyscrapersandcrime.Playerstookonthemeroleofheroescombatingvillains,runningmissions,formingteams,andexploringanimmersiveworldrichinlorewithdiversezoneslikeSteelCanyon,AtlasPark,TheHollows,andFoundersFalls.Itfeaturedadualsystemofexperienceandskillpointstounlocknewpowersandabilities,balancingcombatandsupportroles.VillainsgainedacenterstageinCityofVillainsreleasedin2005introducingRogueIslands,whereplayerscouldbecomearchenemies.PvPzonesallowedplayerconfrontations,whileco-opzonesbridgedheroesandvillains.IntroductionofArchitectEditionbroughtuser-generatedmissions,allowingcustomstorylinesandeventsdrawingfromacommunityofcreativity.Thegamewasnotedforemotivecharacterarcs,groupdynamics,andcomplexityinpowersynergybutclosedin2012despitesubstantialplayerloyalty.LaterprivateeffortsreviveditsessencewithHomecomingservers,keepingitslegacyaliveandfosteringcommunitydedicationtoheroicadventuresandexplorationofthestoriesitspawned.

CityofHeroeswasamassivelymultiplayeronlinegame(MMO)developedbyCrypticStudiosandlaterParagonStudios,publishedbyNCSoft,releasedin2004.Itallowedplayerstocreateuniqueheroeswithcustomizablecostumes,powersets,andbackgroundstories,exploringthefictitiousParagonCity,adenseurbanlandscapeoftenskyscrapersandcrime.Playerstookonthemeroleofheroescombatingvillains,runningmissions,formingteams,andexploringanimmersiveworldrichinlorewithdiversezoneslikeSteelCanyon,AtlasPark,TheHollows,andFoundersFalls.Itfeaturedadualsystemofexperienceandskillpointstounlocknewpowersandabilities,balancingcombatandsupportroles.VillainsgainedacenterstageinCityofVillainsreleasedin2005introducingRogueIslands,whereplayerscouldbecomearchenemies.PvPzonesallowedplayerconfrontations,whileco-opzonesbridgedheroesandvillains.IntroductionofArchitectEditionbroughtuser-generatedmissions,allowingcustomstorylinesandeventsdrawingfromacommunityofcreativity.Thegamewasnotedforemotivecharacterarcs,groupdynamics,andcomplexityinpowersynergybutclosedin2012despitesubstantialplayerloyalty.LaterprivateeffortsreviveditsessencewithHomecomingservers,keepingitslegacyaliveandfosteringcommunitydedicationtoheroicadventuresandexplorationofthestoriesitspawned.

CityofHeroeswasamassivelymultiplayeronlinegame(MMO)developedbyCrypticStudiosandlaterParagonStudios,publishedbyNCSoft,releasedin2004.Itallowedplayerstocreateuniqueheroeswithcustomizablecostumes,powersets,andbackgroundstories,exploringthefictitiousParagonCity,adenseurbanlandscapeoftenskyscrapersandcrime.Playerstookonthemeroleofheroescombatingvillains,runningmissions,formingteams,andexploringanimmersiveworldrichinlorewithdiversezoneslikeSteelCanyon,AtlasPark,TheHollows,andFoundersFalls.Itfeaturedadualsystemofexperienceandskillpointstounlocknewpowersandabilities,balancingcombatandsupportroles.VillainsgainedacenterstageinCityofVillainsreleasedin2005introducingRogueIslands,whereplayerscouldbecomearchenemies.PvPzonesallowedplayerconfrontations,whileco-opzonesbridgedheroesandvillains.IntroductionofArchitectEditionbroughtuser-generatedmissions,allowingcustomstorylinesandeventsdrawingfromacommunityofcreativity.Thegamewasnotedforemotivecharacterarcs,groupdynamics,andcomplexityinpowersynergybutclosedin2012despitesubstantialplayerloyalty.LaterprivateeffortsreviveditsessencewithHomecomingservers,keepingitslegacyaliveandfosteringcommunitydedicationtoheroicadventuresandexplorationofthestoriesitspawned.

CityofHeroeswasamassivelymultiplayeronlinegame(MMO)developedbyCrypticStudiosandlaterParagonStudios,publishedbyNCSoft,releasedin2004.Itallowedplayerstocreateuniqueheroeswithcustomizablecostumes,powersets,andbackgroundstories,exploringthefictitiousParagonCity,adenseurbanlandscapeoftenskyscrapersandcrime.Playerstookonthemeroleofheroescombatingvillains,runningmissions,formingteams,andexploringanimmersiveworldrichinlorewithdiversezoneslikeSteelCanyon,AtlasPark,TheHollows,andFoundersFalls.Itfeaturedadualsystemofexperienceandskillpointstounlocknewpowersandabilities,balancingcombatandsupportroles.VillainsgainedacenterstageinCityofVillainsreleasedin2005introducingRogueIslands,whereplayerscouldbecomearchenemies.PvPzonesallowedplayerconfrontations,whileco-opzonesbridgedheroesandvillains.IntroductionofArchitectEditionbroughtuser-generatedmissions,allowingcustomstorylinesandeventsdrawingfromacommunityofcreativity.Thegamewasnotedforemotivecharacterarcs,groupdynamics,andcomplexityinpowersynergybutclosedin2012despitesubstantialplayerloyalty.LaterprivateeffortsreviveditsessencewithHomecomingservers,keepingitslegacyaliveandfosteringcommunitydedicationtoheroicadventuresandexplorationofthestoriesitspawned.

[Zect]

I write gigantic posts where necessary, and rarely have trouble with people not reading the whole thing.

 

If what you have to say is truly valuable, people will listen - as for the ones that refuse to, it's their loss, so why should you care?

[Luminara]

If you want people to read everything you write, make everything you write worth reading.

[High_Beam]

You can read like this or you can read like that.

 

 

[Lines]

Nobody's noticed, but all of my posts on here are hidden Haiku.

[WuTang]

Ain't this the dude that troll-posts? Or am I confusing him with another D?

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[Snarky]

2 hours ago, Jacke said:

 

 

@Diantane, @Ghost is very much right.  Need to take the effort to summarize.  Also applies on a higher level.  Make too many posts and people will not pay that much attention.

Newspapers, back before they died, used something they called Pyramid style. In the first paragraph put a small amount if the most important things about a story. Then, you can start to expand on the info more and more the longer a reader stays with it.

[Ghost]

9 minutes ago, Snarky said:

Newspapers, back before they died, used something they called Pyramid style. In the first paragraph put a small amount if the most important things about a story. Then, you can start to expand on the info more and more the longer a reader stays with it.

Sorry, I got bored and stopped reading after the word “Newspapers”

 

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[Glacier Peak]

 

[Skyhawke]

All I know is that the population is/has been/will be dwindling, the game is weak, not one player actually likes the game, nobody knows how to play properly and everybody misunderstands certain posters. See? Some of us do pay attention to what Diantane says.

 

Now, that being said:

2 hours ago, Luminara said:

If you want people to read everything you write, make everything you write worth reading.

 

[Water]

Filler isn't a good look on forums, in books or inside women lips for that matter.

 

Don't make it something that it isn't.

 

Get to the point; say what you're saying; publish and be damned.

 

 

 

[kelika2]

I like to keep it short most of the time.  if you do not want to then i dunno what to read

[Go0gleplex]

4 hours ago, Snarky said:

Skim milk is garbage. Who likes it?  Nobody!

Having grown up hand milking the cows, running it thru a filter before letting it set in the jar for a day, then skimming off the cream for the butter churn before drinking the milk...

All of the stuff sold in the stores was like drinking badly flavored water. Took me nearly 25 years after leaving the farm before I could tolerate even the whole milk. Now old age health issues force me to use the 0% fat stuff. I'm sure this is yet another Nemesis plot!

[Diantane]

8 hours ago, Snarky said:

Skim milk is garbage. Who likes it?  Nobody!

I prefer skim milk, If they are out and I have to buy two percent, it looks like I'm pouring white gravy on my cereal. Whole milk is even worse (3.25 to 3.5% milk fat).

 

4 hours ago, Skyhawke said:

All I know is that the population is/has been/will be dwindling, the game is weak, not one player actually likes the game, nobody knows how to play properly and everybody misunderstands certain posters. See? Some of us do pay attention to what Diantane says.

 

Now, that being said:

 

 

Thanks -- btw... on an early Monday morning the server Excelsior will have between 300 to 450 players online. The more popular mmo's will have about 600,000 online during that same off-peak period. That's where all those players went that used to play this 20 year old mmo.

[Skyhawke]

Every gastrointestinal issue is a Nemesis plot.

[Snarky]

35 minutes ago, Diantane said:

I prefer skim milk, If they are out and I have to buy two percent, it looks like I'm pouring white gravy on my cereal. Whole milk is even worse (3.25 to 3.5% milk fat).

 

 

Thanks -- btw... on an early Monday morning the server Excelsior will have between 300 to 450 players online. The more popular mmo's will have about 600,000 online during that same off-peak period. That's where all those players went that used to play this 20 year old mmo.

we had 600,000 online druring off-peak "live" CoH?  i never knew that!

 

 

[Mopery]

I can not believe what you did to that donkey.

[Nerio72]

9 hours ago, Diantane said:

"this"

How dare you.

 

 

😉

[biostem]

9 hours ago, Diantane said:

Instead they "skim" the post.

Maybe da OP just not rite gud...

[Ghost]

51 minutes ago, Diantane said:

 

 

 

Thanks -- btw... on an early Monday morning the server Excelsior will have between 300 to 450 players online. The more popular mmo's will have about 600,000 online during that same off-peak period. That's where all those players went that used to play this 20 year old mmo.

That’s just a horrible comparison.

You need to compare like for like.

Or better yet, enjoy the game and quit worrying about what other people are doing.