I personally will only respond to a post that interests me or where I can offer some help. I rarely look at who started the thread or who had the post ahead of mine.

On some threads, there are already a dozen or more replies that say what I would. And I usually skip threads that have 25 pictures of an animal in 25 similar poses. With dial-up, it just takes tooooooooooo long!

And I skip those argumentative threads. They serve no purpose.