Poll: how many threads do you read?

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Any thread in my sections that is a potenial problem, which means almost all political threads, all new threads to make sure it is a valid topic (don't always read all the posts in a thread).

Outside of that, I rarely have time to look at things in other sections.

 

[Lab Monkey]

Normally I ignore threads over 2 pages. The discussion will have gone off-topic, and if it's in the OT or feedback forum you can guarantee that a separate discussion will have emerged arguing whether it is spam or not, depending whether or not someone's offended by the content. Also, any thread in OT that's over 2 pages will consist of the same old arguments repeated over and over and... zzzzzz

 

[Padma]

I read all the posts in the threads I select, but I am somewhat picky about which threads.

I usually start my day in Site Feedback, then check out Computer Talk, Humor & Jokes, OT, and World History. Then it's up to Civ3 GD, and Stories & Tales/Succession Games. After that, I'll browse around as the whim strikes me.

I do have one user on my ignore list. He was trolling Americans in an OT thread, and I finally told him I was tired of his silliness. Of course, he immediately "attacked", because I was "discussing the discussion" and not really contributing. I then told him I was putting him on ignore as he was just a troll. I still read all his posts (not that I needed to, people were quoting him quite well ) but the "ignore" function reminded me that I had promised myself that I would not respond to him.

 

[sealman]

I try to read all the threads that are not too long (pain trying to catch up)

I also try to remain caught up in threadds where I have made some comments.

 

[Dell19]

Generally I choose only a few topics from OT but in other forums I will try to read more topics, but only the ones that I am interested in.

 

[eyrei]

I think I manage to read every post in the CIV3 demogame forums, minus some of the RPG threads. Then I check out site feedback, but I rarely have time for any others.

 

[Level]

I usaly Read most of Civ3 Gen, Civ3 Creation, and Site Feadback and check others if I have time.

Originally posted by Scientia
Lately, I'm a little bit disappointed with CivFanatics failed feature - namely showing which threads are "unread". I've tried everything (not using the back button), using cookies, etc. I don't have this problem at Apolyton. I only mention this because this impacts my willingness to participate in more threads here at CivFanatics.

Try having something that auto Refreshes open like who's online.

 

[BCLG100]

pretty much every thread in civ3 forums and the demogame

 

[TrailblazingScot]

I read only those threads that I think will amuse me or that are informative...that leaves alot of threads on the way-side only visted when I am totally bored.

 

[WillJ]

I read almost all posts in Civ3 GD, some threads in OT, some threads in H and J, and most threads in SF. I'll also sometimes visit Civ3 Strat, and when I'm bored I might visit other forums.

And when I read a thread I usually read most all of the posts, unless there are some really long, boring posts. But if there is a thread more than 40 or so posts long I usually will read some of it and then lose interest in it.

 

[Perfection]

I don't read threads I just post in them not knowing what its really aabout

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

So we noticed.

 

[Hitro]

I read practically every thread in OT, History, Sports, H&J as well as Site Feedback once, most of them all the time.
There are a few I avoid after a while, although often just to look back in it if it stays on top quite some time.
I also read alot of threads in the Civ3 forums, but I avoid the repetetive threads about the "big failures of the game" or "why this UU sucks" if I'm not completely bored.

 

[hbdragon88]

I have it set to email notification default and that is the first priority - reply to all threads which have replies on it. If I really want to kill time I'll look through the first page of the General and Strategieis forums and maybe the Site Feedback one.

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

Im in AoA's boat...all potential probs in the forums i mod and not much outside.

 

[The Overlord]

I'm a selective reader, I read the topic and when it sounds promising (or funny ) I will go deeper into the thread.

 

[Scientia]

Originally posted by unscratchedfoot
Scientia you can solve that problem easily by hitting the refresh key everytime you enter a forum. Then you can see all your unread posts - works perfectly

Hmmm. I'll give that a try, but I don't know if that addresses the problem of posts being marked read that are not. BTW, this always happens if I use the back button, or click on a link that opens another browser instance of some civfanatics site.

 

[Rodgers]

Anything with "Poll" in the title Also, any topic in OT whose title sounds a bit odd or intriguing - it always nice to see someone posting weird thoughts or experiences on the board.

Otherwise, it's History, Site Feedback and Sports when there's been a grand prix.

I always avoid threads that have "Iraq, Middle East, Palestinians, Israel" etc in the title.