When to read an entry

[pne]

Sometimes I feel in a bit of a quanday as to when to read an entry that appears on my friends page.

On the one hand, it's nice (I think) for the author to get quick feedback while he's still got the topic on his mind, but on the other hand, reading the comments can sometimes be nearly as interesting as the entry itself, which points towards waiting a while so that there will be time for some comments to accumulate. (Though if everybody were to follow strategy #2, that wouldn't work, either.)

A slight compromise is to read and comment early, then revisit the entry occasionally to read comments that were posted in the meantime (but then you have to remember to do that) or to subscribe to comments on that entry (but then you get them at random intervals and you might not remember the context).

I think there's no one good answer here.

Comments

[volantwish]

I tend to comment immediately but keep the entry open in a tab so I can refresh it later.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I've done that before, too.

Though when I read my friends page, I typically end up with about fifty or more tabs open (I tend to skim from newest to oldest, opening entries in background tabs that I want to read "properly", until I get to where I had left off the last time).

So that approach doesn't work for me for all entries, unless I want to keep dozens of tabs open. (Though syndicated entries etc. usually don't need to be revisited.)

[pne.livejournal.com]

So that approach doesn't work for me for all entries

BTW, that's not meant as a put-down, more a regretful statement of apparent fact in my situation. Your idea does have merit.

[wingflutter.livejournal.com]

i love how you express thought on everything.

i do as the journaller above me does :)

[tungol.livejournal.com]

Since (unlike you) I have a fairly small friends list, I tend to look at things on my friends list and check the accumulation of comments several times before they fall off the bottom of the page.

[ubykhlives.livejournal.com]

I'm the same; I have only a couple of dozen friends, and few of them post regularly, so I get several bites at the cherry before entries are pushed to the next page.

[pthalo]

Not having internet at home, the problem is solved for me. I read things when I'm online. Sometimes I look at comments again the next day, sometimes I don't. :)