Do you read long forum posts?

Excuse the many questions but I am actually curious.  Do you actually take the time to read long posts?  What deters you from reading one?  What length do you consider to be a long post?  Do you yourself often write long posts or do you usually stick with a one liner, or very short posts/responses?
 
I find that my posts are usually longer than most others yet not overly long-winded (I hope!)  How bout you?

If someone has an extremely long post, I expect a TLDR at the bottom. If that interests me enough, then I'll go back and read the post.

Only if they're interesting.

Usually I'll read the first couple of paragraphs, and if they're interesting I'll read on.

No...I think forum posts should be as short as possible.

Not really especially if it is just one big block of text.

Sometimes if it's interesting or directed at me.

Depends if if the post is actually interesting and not some rant from internet guy #3,258,456.

I read it if I'm interested in the subject matter.

Sometimes. Usually depends on my attention span.

I think the true answer is in your posts.  I asked more questions than just that of the thread title yet all of the answers seem to correspond to the thread title.  Therefore, I will take a leap of logic and assume that all posters only read a thread's title before responding. :)

if it 's interesting, then yes 

Sure, I'll usually read long posts if they're interesting, provided the poster doesn't neglect proper spelling/grammar to an extreme, or refuses to believe in the enter key and puts all their thoughts into a solid block of text.

I believe that if I can't add anything reasonable to a discussion, then I probably shouldn't post anything at all. That encourages me to avoid posting a lot of quick one or two-word replies, and as a result, I definitely appear more long-winded when I actually have something to say.
 
...like right here. Crap.

If it is someone's long rant on or a blatant fanboy post I do not read it, but other than that I usually do.

Like almost everyone else said, if it's interesting then yes I'll read it.

If I am interested I'll read the entire post, but poor grammar deters me from something I might hold interest in. It's not that I feel like I'm better then anyone, it's just that I don't feel like trying to decipher someones internet lingo.  I really have no standards for what I consider a long post, again considering that I'm interested and it has my attention. 
 
When responding to a post, I generally try to write more than one sentence. Although sometimes it's all that's needed. I do try though, most of the time.

Sorry I didn't make it to the end.

only if they're about boobs.

HUh?

If it's interesting.

Depends on when I'm reading it and if it's interesting.

I usually read long forum posts, unless the first paragraph or so proves to be utterly boring or I'm very tired.

Depends if they use proper English.  If they rely too heavily on WTF, OMG, and STFU, then I will stop reading.

Only if they are divided into proper paragraphs.

Depends. I'll usually read Suicrat's posts and those could be end up being pages long. If it's someone ranting about how bad the Wii is or something then I usually ignore it.

Yes, I do.  If I start reading a post, then I have to finish it.  Otherwise, it will annoy me until I finally go back and finish reading the post.
 
Same thing goes for anything I read.

" @Crono: Look what Al3xand3r wrote "

no.  Also I only read books with pictures.

Depends on the subject matter.

no

Well, I skim through them.  If sex and/or violence is the subject matter, I will read it in all it's entirety.

It depends on what the subject is. If it's something I probably wouldn't be interested in reading or responding to, then i just skip it.

no

i sometimes read long post. it depends if it get my eye.   i sometimes post long post. i usually post something about the subject then type something a long that subject if something happened that happened just like the other post.

" Excuse the many questions but I am actually curious.  Do you actually take the time to read long posts?  What deters you from reading one?  What length do you consider to be a long post?  Do you yourself often write long posts or do you usually stick with a one liner, or very short posts/responses?  I find that my posts are usually longer than most others yet not overly long-winded (I hope!)  How bout you? "

If they're well written and capture my attention, I enjoy them and read every word. Uneven, I skim, but sometimes even a small post will lose me in seconds.

If it's interesting I'll read it word for word, if not I'll skim.

I notice that, generally speaking, people seem to avoid reading long posts. But maybe that's just my imagination. "

I always skim at the very least, but i like to read most of the posts on a page and especially the OP's. If it is a simple yes or no type of thread, I usually don't read many of the posts and only respond.

" no "

" no "

If someone takes the time to write a lot then its only fair to put time into reading what they wrote .

Anything well-written and informational is worth reading. 

Why in the name of fuck does it matter?????

tldr

Of course, we're trading quality for quantity at this point though as most of us will notice that many posts on forums add little to nothing to a conversation and most comments on a forum (where the topic is actually something that can be discussed in detail) lack any real content to them and are usually baseless opinions; opinions with nothing to back them up aside from the poster's feelings. "

I tend to glance over longer posts in general, but if there's some decent info then I'll invest the time read thoroughly. If it's a wall of text though, I just tend to say FTS aloud and move on to something more interesting.