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I'm wondering. Does anyone actually read the C&Ps?

i-need-a-martini — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:10:36 GMT

I normally read ANYTHING regardless of how inane and ludicrous it is. But I realised today I haven't read any of a certain groups C&Ps for weeks and weeks.

I simply wait until a handful of posters have put their opinions forward and have started a proper discussion and only then do I read and evaluate if it is going to be worthwhile to join in.

You?

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catsnknots — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:21:47 GMT

I often don't read a lot of the C&P because I have already read them...

some from the other side of the divide I will read because it is always important to hear both sides of the argument before having an opinion. How can I say I disagree with a poster unless I know what I am disagreeing with.

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i-need-a-martini — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:36:03 GMT

But cat, that's the problem - most often the poster hasn't offered any opinion simply C&P'd 200 or so words without any input. Why bother? It's just so boring.

At least when you post something, you offer your opinion or make comments. And then you come back to your thread to back up your opinion. So even though I know I am going to disagree with you (politically anyway), I always read YOUR posts cause at least I know it will be a decent exchange/discussion/argument.

How hard can it be to do the same?

I notice that the posts by the serial offenders are taking ages to even get a first bite these days and often fall quickly to the bottom of the page. Doesn't that tell them something?

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crystal**flake — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:36:15 GMT

No they're too long and I have better things to do really.

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daydream**believer — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:46:09 GMT

no way

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punch*drunk — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:52:05 GMT

lol, I scroll straight past anything thats much more than a paragraph. I have a short attention span nowadays :8}

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lynnie3024 — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:57:13 GMT

I don't read them simply because that is all they are C+Ps of others opinions...very rarely is there any personal input.

If I want to read these articles I can do so in the actual newspaper etc that they are taken from.

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just_me_karen — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:10:47 GMT

I never read the political copy pastes. I scroll to the bottom, see Bolt's name, then back out until people post comments. I also don't read the really long posts, or those who rattle off several in a row... can't be bothered. Most often you can predict what they've said anyway.

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cherry*135 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:13:26 GMT

I read some, not very long ones though usually.

The opening posts that are just one big long C& P of a political nature, I give up after 1 or so sentences (that's enough to give you the gist of the rest of it).

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clair.de.lune — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:13:43 GMT

Yes I read them, I love them

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**meep** — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:16:30 GMT

no, not usually. i dont read the ones i post either

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lakeland27 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:19:35 GMT

i only just caught up on them last night, i save them to read later. i don't agree with a thing he said though.

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newstart2380 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:26:12 GMT

Only ever once when LL said I should read a link which I guess is similar, I like to express my own view and usually take time to make sure it is what I want to say.

May not make a lot of sense to some but they are my own thoughts.

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debra9275 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:27:37 GMT

I never read any of them & never have

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clair.de.lune — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:27:59 GMT

I never read any of them & never have

She's lying

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waterlilycat — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:29:59 GMT

Hi Karen, I have been on the receiving end of a very nast little overture from our mutual friend.

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debra9275 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:30:17 GMT

:^O

no I'm not Clair

I might read a couple of lines sometimes to get the gist of it, but I'm too impatient to read them through, and the political ones are just plain boring IMO

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debra9275 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:31:13 GMT

I don't read any of those ones ever

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debra9275 — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:35:50 GMT

I like to think that I haven't complained about any one person in particular for posting C & P's because lots of posters seem to do them

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katydidthat — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:43:15 GMT

I tend to use cut and pastes to show the facts ... and then I give my opinions ...

I read some C&Ps, but not all, to understand the opinions of others.