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Do you actually read the rules of a forum, youtube, facebook, myspace, ect. before signing up?

I have no life, and must read them to fill my time!
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9%
Why would I waste my precious time I am wasting on the computer reading the rules!?
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Why am I even reading this poll? I'm just going back to "Abigail's Market" and clicking another topic! I have no time for this!
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3%
Eh, I scan through it...
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48%
 
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Post by jasonjannajerryjohn »

Actually read the rules?

Present site excepted of corse.
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I don't know if I've ever read the rules, present site included. Bunch of legalistic jargon! How can I make tails or heads of it?
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How about a careful skim?
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Post by jasonjannajerryjohn »

ajamj wrote:How about a careful skim?
I guess that would be another category.

Would some moderator add that under the name,

"I just kinda look at it because I don't want to waste time, but I have time to kill, even though I am wasting time now!"
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Post by Laurie »

#2 is my vote. I have found since I joined my first forum that the rules are pretty much the same. I will skim through them for safety, but I don't take time to read them. I do not join forums to break the rules anyway.
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I'm not much on reading long things, so even if I do try to read them, I usually just end up skimming through it and not getting a single thing. :)
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*option added*

Yeah, that is what I do, ajamj. I just scan through it. :p
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The technical jargon that comes up when you register I just carefully skim. The ones posted by the site are what I pay close attention to. Yeah, I read the instructions before assembling/installing stuff too. O:)
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Post by Jonathan »

I did here and at the TH.

I'm only an active member at one other board, and I'm pretty sure that I didn't read the rules.
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Post by Lucy Pevensie »

On forums I usually "carefully skim," haha, just to be safe. :)
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I don't have time for that nonsense :noway:
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I read, in general, at a level slightly above skim; not paying total attention, but not actually skimming either.
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That, Sonuna, was exactly what I was going to say. \:D/ But I don't need to now. :anxious:
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JesusIsAlive wrote:*option added*

Yeah, that is what I do, ajamj. I just scan through it. :p
It is not what I wanted it to say! :noway:
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jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:
JesusIsAlive wrote:*option added*

Yeah, that is what I do, ajamj. I just scan through it. :p
It is not what I wanted it to say! :noway:
Tuff! Its JIA-ese! \:D/
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JesusIsAlive wrote:
jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:
JesusIsAlive wrote:*option added*

Yeah, that is what I do, ajamj. I just scan through it. :p
It is not what I wanted it to say! :noway:
Tuff! Its JIA-ese! \:D/
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jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:
JesusIsAlive wrote:
jasonjannajerryjohn wrote:
JesusIsAlive wrote:*option added*

Yeah, that is what I do, ajamj. I just scan through it. :p
It is not what I wanted it to say! :noway:
Tuff! Its JIA-ese! \:D/
(goes into an emotional depression)
(glares at JIA for making him go into a depression)
(eats a Catspaw creampuff)
(feels much better)
(thanks Catspaw for making him feel better)
I would think that those creampuffs would only make you feel worse... ya know, since Catspaw made them... ;)
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Post by ObiWan Kenobi Girl »

Yeah, really. I just scan through it to make it's not a scam that they just know everyone will skim through it so they can write whatever they want, and people won't notice. Some thing like, "As soon as you have registered to your account, we will send you an activation code that you must enter in at (whatever site) which will automatically launch a virus into you computer and take over and make us accessible to hack into your account!" when you skim through it you see, "Virus, activation code, so you just think they're all anti-virus protection stuff. pretty clever... :-s
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Post by Fei »

Nope, I actually just assume. :anxious:

Actually, scratch that, I do read the rules, I thought you meant that tome they make you check "I have read the user agreement" button. ;)
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I don't unless I see a rule that is completely random/hilarious.
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