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Sorry, if the thread title is a question, then sometimes I just answer the question without reading the details.

This is why, when I create a thread about something a little complex, I don't put the question directly in the title, and I make an effort to write clearly and concisely, [b]without all the relevant points.
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What? Do you want good advice, or are you just trying to get as many people as possible to respond to feed your ego?

My early internet experience was on heavily moderated forums where the rules were that you had to read the entire thread (or last 5 pages, whichever was shorter) before responding. If you posted something that echoed a previous post without acknowledging that post and adding something extra to it, your post would be deleted. I realize that's not the way of the interwebs these days, but those habits have been ingrained in me. I read everything before responding. If a thread is already 10 pages long before I see it, I figure I wouldn't have anything to add to the conversation and skip it entirely.

And if you're not going to read other people's responses...FFS, don't announce it. Just post your hot take (that's already been posted half a dozen times) and keep it moving. Nothing gets me to skip over a post faster than a first sentence that says, "I haven't read the other replies, but..."  If you don't think our opinions are important, I don't think yours is either.
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