[proud American in Canada]

Just wrote it.

[Founding Father]

No

[central_va]

Obviously you have never seen a prayer thread.

[Psalm 73]

"...but sometimes I don't really like reading through a very long post."

You actually read through the posts?
Really? That's very unFreeper-like of you - we are notorious for commenting without reading first.

Oh, did you say something?

[Whatever Works]

I once sent a baby video to my brother who remarked it was too long. I remarked, “That is what fast forward is for.”

It is a sad commentary when one complains of length and not quality. May I suggest skimming, skipping or simply ceasing to read if the posting appears to you to be too long?

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Humblegunner would approve, his hatred of unnecessary excepting of blog posts being so well-known.

[GoldenPup]

I skip long posts. No matter what subject. Always.

[Wuli]

I would agree as to posts that are just paragraph after paragraph of text.

Posts that are actually a compilation/list of facts, information, links all related to a single major topic are different in my book. In their case this is something you only see on FreeRepublic and they reflect some dedicated Freepers willingness to go above and beyond to compile what amounts to mini reference libraries of information on a single major topic.

For them I do wish they had their own special place on Free Republic, like “The Library” maybe. It would in total be/become like FreeRepublic’s great reference library. The basic post could go there, and the Freeper making the post can post a vanity, with a few comments that just links to it over in “The Library”.

But doing that I know would come at some cost and effort by Jim Robinson and his technical support. So I’d have to leave it to Jim. It may not be practical.

[faucetman]

I would not even have read your post had it had the proper “Vanity” tag.

[mad_as_he$$]

I go to the comment page. There are many comments that takes 2-3 pages to get past on a desk top. On my phone forget about it. Only read the OP if the comments make it sound interesting.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Calm down Karen

[Sequoyah101]

You have a choice, you are free to NOT READ long posts.

Did you consider once the alternative of changing your own behavior?

Quit trying to change the behavior of others to satisfy yourself. What you want is wrong headed to me but you are free to do it and I am free to not comply and heretofore IGNORE YOU.

[HeadOn]

Nope.

[Getready]

Yoy may be a stickler after all. Decide early if you want to read it. If not now...save it for later. If the topic intrigues you...research it first...read post later. A great educational experience.
10-4. Roger and out.

[Responsibility2nd]

Years ago, I posted a thread on how to post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2718334/posts

If more FReepers posted correctly, we would all enjoy a much more cleaner and easier reading process.

But the real problem is not long posts. But short ones. Threads that are pretty much worthless unless you click over to the link.

But if you are faced with a long long thread. Skip to the conclusion. The last paragraph. Where the author recaps his major points and summarizes his essay.

If there is no conclusion? No summary?

Skip it. Ignore it. Click another thread.

[Political Junkie Too]

Didn't Rod Rosenstein just testify in the Senate that he didn't read the FISA applications before signing them?

Didn't Nancy Pelosi say we had to pass it to find out what's in it?

It seems that tl;dr is how our government is running, too.

-PJ

[deport]

Are you speaking of articles posted or comments made to a posted article.

Yes some articles are being posted in full or almost fully,
or is it the comments you are referring to?