No..much longer answers in general are more thoughtful in my experience. Short answers can be good..but they clearly are given by people who want to keep getting more points and of course the more time you spend on an answer the less time you can spend flitting around constantly trying to add to your point total. Just my opinion. :)There are always exceptions, of course.

I do that too. If it's too much for me to read I just skip it.

Not unless I know I'm not going to be able to give it a good answer.

If it's an answer to my question, I always read it no matter how long it is. It's kind of like a policy. If someone is going to take the time to read my question and type up an answer, I should take the time to read their answer and respond.

Those are usually the good ones buddy. It really depends what kind of question it is for. I ask a lot of science related questions, or I did, and I always loved the long ones, Ive learned a lot here. If its a really touchy subject, chances are you just gave some one a chance to rant and rave, much like I am doing right now...

it all depends on the content of it. ill usually just go over the first few sentenses

I personally like long answers, their is always something new to learn and that knowledge can only be found in a well thought of answer. Regards.

I skim over them to get the main point.

Depends on how helpful it is, if the beginning is awesome then I go all the way through.

If I'm reading the answers to a question I've answered or am about to, I'll skim over the long ones, but if someone answered one of my questions, I read the whole thing.

Only the convoluted ones... or the ones that stop in midword... :-p

I skim through them searching for the bits that I can use. Sometimes people can REALLY get on a rant, especially about religion. I rarely read the ranting ones.

It depends on the question in question. If I'm going to answer it, yes... Most of the time, I skip over ALL answers. If it's one I'm checking the answers to, I will start to read it, and if I get the gist, I will skim it. If it's compelling enough, I will read every word. I DO tend to read most of them, though, because I, myself, tend to write long answers at times, and I want people to read them, so I should read theirs, too, huh? ;-)

If it's a question I asked I always read all the answers, no matter how long they are. If the question is not mine but is interesting I usually read all the answers, unless the question has like 100 answers. I certainly don't make it a point to skip over long answers, and giving these long winded things myself often, I'd feel bad doing as much. Although sometimes I do, usually if I'm dead tired or too preoccupied to even really be on the site lol.

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