Curious Question About Making First or Second Page on a Thread

[Asiska02]

I don't think it's a huge problem to reply to a discussion after the first or second page has already been reached. Because a response on a page after the first and second one could offer more context and understanding than the prior one, the original poster and other readers may also benefit from it. I've seen numerous posts where the first respondent's response is disputed by a second individual for not precisely answering the question. Since this is a forum, there should be more discussion on various observations related to the issues that have been posed.

[Oluwa-btc]

Don't get upset mate coz other forum users are way faster than you do to write in the first two pages. My little addition to this is that, you go below any board you are very active and usually write often, click on Notify new topic and do so to the Email or Gmail registered with your account and you'll get notifications immediately a new topic drops. All that need be, is for your internet connection to be on.

Notifications drops approximately 4-5 minutes time.

[Coyster]

The first and second page gets all the attention. It also contains sometimes the best brains and best contributions. A spammer would always avoid the first and second thread pages because he can be easily dictated. The first two pages also attracts the highest merits.  

Whilsts that might be true in some topics, it cannot be generalized as it all depends on the topic/subject that is being discussed, as well as the users that are participating in the said discussion, there are threads that garners attention right from the first page to the last, and by last i mean down to the fourth page and even more. Mind you too that the best brain/contributor to a topic can make their first post on it in the 3rd or 4th page or even more, like i said in my earlier response in this thread, how much time you have to yourself per day in RL determines how quick you respond to a topic, the most knowledgeable person about a particular subject might be busy in RL when that topic is posted, and when they are less busy to join in the conversation, it has already gone past the 2nd page, and despite that, their reply remains a constructive and quality one.

Having said that, mind you that spammers still make posts in the first pages of new topics, they don't care what you think about them, they just say whatsoever they want and move on; you might be correct in the aspect of merits because only few people read a thread above the second page or so, but again there are exceptions based on the subject that is being discussed and how the discussion progresses.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Actually you got a point. Sometimes even me, if the thread is longer then I seldom read the latter post and focus on the first one since most replies already been answered on those first few response but it doesnt mean sometime the topics or open ideas from the last one arent important it just that some prefer to post first, and maybe their idea already been said so instead of posting then rather not.

[Bhig Daddy]

Honestly I also feel the same way but to me there is nothing I can do about that, this is due to my nature of work. I work 6 times a week and I have to leave as early as possible and also have to come back late so I don’t get to spend much time on this forum as I really want to, but each time I come back from work I try as much as possible to make sure I visit this forum everyday.