Do you go read info posted as a 'link'?
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Do you go read info posted as a 'link'?
Do readers and posters actually go out and read the information that a responder provides as a url link? Or do you tend to skip over 'links' and just read what people have typed out in detail?
Just curious...
Just curious...
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I'm not sure what most people do, but I bet someone will post a link here that will tell us that information. LOL
Actually unless I'm REALLY curious, I rarely follow the link. I'm most likely to do the links when they are to a specific apartment or website.
Actually unless I'm REALLY curious, I rarely follow the link. I'm most likely to do the links when they are to a specific apartment or website.
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I have found many, many interesting web sites by following links posted in messages here. Much of the most valuable trip planning information I have gleaned has been from such articles and web sites.
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If the link refers to something I'm interested in, I'll check it out. Or if other posters have posted interesting follow-ups.
Unless I'm the OP, I rarely click on the Fodors links when someone refers back to another thread.
Unless I'm the OP, I rarely click on the Fodors links when someone refers back to another thread.
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<<Often, but never if it re[q]uires registration...>
While I understand this reluctance, let me say that I have been treated to some excellent travel writing in newspapers (from the UK, for example, comes to mind...) that was worth the 30-40 seconds it took to register. I'm never sure what the publisher gains from free registration, but it is vastly preferable to the much less friendly alternative... access provided only to print subscribers - - such as my "old" hometown newspaper, the Columbus (Ohio) dispatch... just to name one.
While I understand this reluctance, let me say that I have been treated to some excellent travel writing in newspapers (from the UK, for example, comes to mind...) that was worth the 30-40 seconds it took to register. I'm never sure what the publisher gains from free registration, but it is vastly preferable to the much less friendly alternative... access provided only to print subscribers - - such as my "old" hometown newspaper, the Columbus (Ohio) dispatch... just to name one.
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I appreciate your responses... many times I do not have personal information about an inquiry but enjoy searching for helpful answers. I post links often because it is easier to point a person to the source than to skinny down the info and possibly lose interesting detail. I was wondering if the time spent doing this was useful - often it's great for me, if not for the OP, as I have learned a lot doing this...
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I almost always go to the link that has been posted.
I appreciate the poster going to the trouble to post a link to further give information.
At the same time, I find if tiresome (sometimes) when someone who has no first hand knowledge will cut and paste loads and loads of information into a thread..a link would be sufficient. Especially when it often is not clear if this is in their words or something they Googled.
I appreciate the poster going to the trouble to post a link to further give information.
At the same time, I find if tiresome (sometimes) when someone who has no first hand knowledge will cut and paste loads and loads of information into a thread..a link would be sufficient. Especially when it often is not clear if this is in their words or something they Googled.
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Depends completely what the subject is and what the link is to.
I seldom follow links where the poster hasn't bothered explaining what the linked page is about - when their entire message is just an anonymous link and nothing more.
However, if the poster explains what the link is to and if it interests me, then yes, I'll follow it.
I seldom follow links where the poster hasn't bothered explaining what the linked page is about - when their entire message is just an anonymous link and nothing more.
However, if the poster explains what the link is to and if it interests me, then yes, I'll follow it.