I personally like excerpts, of blogs and articles.
It’s easier on the eye.
I can take a quick look to see if it’s something that interests me and if it is... I click on it.
When the entire blog or article is posted in full text, it actually takes longer to “look it over”. Maybe just a few seconds longer, but those few seconds add up... plus there’s a bit of an irritation factor.
If we all still lived in the days of dial-up modems, I could see the problem with excerpting. But I personally have a fast connection (as I’m sure most people do) and that click-to-the-next-site is basically the same as opening a file locally on my machine.
The point is, it’s a matter of taste. I prefer excerpts. Other people don’t like them. Oh well.
Until there’s a RULE (and the only rule right now is that some sites require excerpting), then it’s up to the poster which way to go on this trivial, unimportant issue... a trivial issue that, nevertheless, seems to occupy the near-constant attention of a small group of busybodies here in FR.
I don’t read those near novel length posts. The formatting here sucks to be honest. It is also a legal issue. You would think that after losing a copyright lawsuit that it would be required to make all threads be excerpted and linked.
Most of the browsers have link preview extensions that make clicking a link simple. You don’t have to leave the page to read the article.
I don't read the birther threads and the Mormon threads.
I act like an adult and not like a spoiled childish disruptor like the blog and blogger haters on FR. They are allowed to run amok and FR is not a better place because of them and their ASSNINE posts!