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kwren Jun 12th, 2007 02:20 PM

Does anyone actually read all the threads which pop up each day?
 
...except maybe Ira :) ?

Budman Jun 12th, 2007 02:23 PM

It depends upon the thread title. If I see a title that I'm not familiar with such as travel to Turkey, I won't hit on it because I know I can't contribute.

If I see a title that I am familiar with, I will hit on it just to see what others have said, seen, or if I can add my experience/opinion. ((b))


sandi_travelnut Jun 12th, 2007 02:30 PM

Nope - that's the beauty of a well written title.

kwren Jun 12th, 2007 02:34 PM

Thanks Budman and Sandi

With 323 threads started or continued in the last 24 hours, I can't even keep up with reading all the titles, let alone posts!

Do you all read all the titles every day to be sure you don't miss anything?

I agree with the well-written titles comment wholeheartedly, but I do get suckered into the more mysterious ones too!

Margo_Chester Jun 12th, 2007 02:53 PM

There is no way I have that kind of time! (would be nice though . . . ) I usually go to the "search box" and hit a country or a state that I am interested in and read what pops up. Browsing the entire left hand column is time consuming, and yes I realize that I miss things by searching for a specific location, but it works for me.

sandi_travelnut Jun 12th, 2007 03:39 PM

I am in front of my computer all day, every day. I have the ability to scan the titles throughout the day...if I'm lucky.

tedgale Jun 12th, 2007 03:43 PM

No.

Why would one?

mikemo Jun 12th, 2007 04:26 PM

Actually, having been in Turkey in May, I highly recommend anything related to this (at least, now) non-sectarian perhaps democracy: really nice folks, good food and fun.
Several took us to Muslim Mosques - would not happen anywhere else as far as I know.
Oh, and BTW, they have 80 reinforced Divisions, which for the moment, are with the fragile E.E.U.U.
Buen viaje.
M

gomiki Jun 12th, 2007 04:59 PM

No, but ironically some of my favorites have been opened out of curiosity or because there are so many postings on it.

Sometimes I open one with an awful title just to see what the heck they are asking about :)

nytraveler Jun 12th, 2007 05:35 PM

Who could possibly have that much time?

That's why the country or city really MUST be in the title - so people know what they can usefully answer.

(It's not so bad here - but on the US baord MANY people doing Hawaii or Alaska seem to think people should know where they're going by osmosis - they seem to be the worst offenders of not giving a destination.)

Fidel Jun 12th, 2007 05:37 PM

I had to click on the funny title -- thanks for the laugh.

rkkwan Jun 12th, 2007 06:00 PM

Not this forum. But I probably read 75-80% of the new threads that pop up on the Airline forum, where traffic is much slower.

kwren Jun 12th, 2007 07:38 PM

I hope the airline traffic isn't TOO slow!!! :))

sheila Jun 12th, 2007 10:13 PM

I read all the titles- maybe not every day, but eventually.

I open the ones I have an interest in. And sometimes I open teh hopelessly titled ones, just to find out what on earth they're on about.

I miss the funnies:(

BettyB Jun 13th, 2007 03:39 AM

I click on my name first to see if any posts I have contributed to, in my small way, have new contributions. Sadly, I find all too often that I was the last one to post :( I then usually read most of the titles, and I like to open posts about places I've been to and those I hope to visit in the future. And I like to open ones with obscure or quirky titles.


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