Do you usually click the links that people provide, or do you reply based on the clips they post?

[Clintonista2]

So for example, when someone posts clips of a news article and then gives you the full link, do you usually click the link and read the full article before replying? Just curious.

[Richard Steele]

1. Have to read the whole thing.

Quite often, there are important details, hidden deeper
in a story, that paint a very different picture than the
first four paragraphs do.

[NMMNG]

2. I click and read

I like to get the whole story.

[ashling]

3. I usually look at the article before replying

But if someone just posts a link and nothing else I usually don't do either.
I think that if something is important or interesting enough to post the link, you should at least give me a description of what I'm getting myself into.

[AlCzervik]

4. you mean like "Did you even RTFA?"

[lurky]

5. Depends on the source...

No way I'm clicking on NewsMax, etc. I'd have to clean my hard drive with bleach to get the filth off! :scared:

[ellenfl]

6. i USUALLY read the story at the link before replying.

now i think i should always do that after the story about general honore and the middle school appearance.

ellen fl

[petersjo02]

7. If there's only a link

and no snip of a paragraph or two so I can have some idea about the topic, I don't bother clicking through at all. Too often I've taken the time to click through, and it isn't worth a hill of beans. No more.