I Wonder If People Read the Stories They Are Commenting On

I think some people do however I also think they have their mind made up before they finish the story.  And some before they even start reading i am sure.  If you want to test this just make a comment that would be outside the...

Yeah. I skim through stories that I comment.
One: The story is too long or I don't feel like reading it.
Two: I  just comment without reading it.
Three: I read the Title of the story and I read the start...

I only comment on a story if I've read it.  It's incredibly rude to do otherwise.  How many of us have been talking to someone only to have a third person step in and comment on the halfway overheard conversation?  In my...

I have significant evidence to suggest that many people don't.
One example:
I was feeling silly a few days ago. I joined a group called "I Have Fallen Up the Stairs." I joined because it reminded me of an episode of...

....and sometimes I just read a little bit, like the start and the end
 
 
But if it's my friends then I'll read it all the way through

I am glad that DW started this group because I know I read a lot more stories than I comment on and I always read the entire story.  I do not however always read every comment posted to it before I comment.  I try to read...

I lot of the time
I have my granddaughter in my lap so I read the story and half read the comments
 
the problem is by the time I can type my response more comments have been added

However, strories take on a life of their own when people comment on what people commented on and sometimes the trail from the subject to where the comments go is twisted beyond recognition.  That's OK, isn't it?  Free...