Someone please explain this to me

I often feel that way too.

different (key)strokes for different folks, i guess...

Personally, at least if the article is much more than a couple paragraphs long and freely available on the web, I happen to prefer the excerpt-and-link approach myself. I find it generally much more interesting to read what the members themselves have to say about issues than to read a piece from some opinionator with whom a member happens to agree or disagree. Without actual foundational research on my part, I will observe that it is my impression the vast majority of lengthy, quoted-in-full articles tend to be decidedly more of the op-ed sort than to be factual reportage or academic finding. I guess some folks find it hard either to think for themselves or to express those thoughts, or perhaps both.

I will note too that some discussion websites have found it necessary to implement and enforce a strict excerpt-and-link policy, some going so far as allowing only an article's title and source, with no other excerpted content, to accompany the link.

I, personally, always appreciate the article in FRONT of me. I can brief through it quickly, checking the info I am interested in, or -
noting quickly that I do not need to read it all... move on.
Now, just for ME, that is easy. I don't have to go all over the internet (picking up hangers-on) as I go, to slow down my machine.
And I LOVE BBB. (Three cheers for the Bumble bee.)

BBB does the site a great service. I hope she never changes.

I rather like having the whole article here. I never know when I click on a link if I'm going to have to register to read what I want.

I don't like, if complete articles are posted. (Different, when they come from sites with to be paid registration.) Especially, when the source isn't mentioned.

However, I noticed, that many, many here don't bother reading the linked articles.

True, I'd only post a coupla paragraphs and the source. You lot can do your own damn reading!

I also automatically log onto Google and run the issue as a search on the 'News' and 'Web' sites. Then I zip over to the 'Images' site to find a picture of Gus I can post, but that's a different issue.....

Mr Stillwater, isn't Gus on any page of any newspaper on any day in any country?

But correct - that's a different issue (as well as the daily rabbit sites).

Which issue of which newspaper was that???

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

Heh heh...I'll pass on bunny jokes today.

I prefer a teaser with a link, but I'm with Walter on the issue of....if the link is a paid site, the article should be quoted in full, because it's a pain in the ass otherwise.

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I personally like to have the whole article in front of me, to ensure people are not misusing the article by posting relevant parts that back their opinion and leaving counterarguments behind.

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I've explained before, but will explain again. I sometimes post entire articles as a courtesy service to A2K readers. Everyone is free to read them or not.

I post entire articles when necessary because they often on not kept current by the news source for more than a day or two. I've been asked so many times by A2K readers to help them find a story when I posted only the link, which can take a lot of time to research archives.

I've often been frustrated with other's posts that contain only the link and not the complete article for the reasons stated above. I often give up trying to find the story in the source's archives.

I always post the source, and a link if I can. I also add my own comments when I think it pertinent to do so, but I prefer to leave it to A2K readers to form their own opinions.

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Bee, you just a ol' anarchist, don't try to soft peddle it . . .

Setanta
Setanta, yeah, I guess I've been hanging around too much with Dyslexia.
Bad influence on such a sweet ole girl.

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