If I want to reply to a post, I always read through to make sure that someone else hasn't already said the same thing. If they have, I perhaps re-enforce what they've said, but only if I can add a bit more to it. I think a lot of people only read the original post, and they reply to that, and don't read to see what anyone else has put,  and then the same thing gets repeated over and over. Sometimes it comes across as being a bit thoughtless as if the person who has already said whatever it is, that their comments don't matter. I think a lot of people, (just going by the amount of guests there are always at the bottom) just like to read and never post. Possibly a time element, as you've already said.
I have to confess, it isn't very often that I don't feel like chatting, sometimes I don't log in because I've got orders stacking up, and I  can't be on here for only 5 minutes!!

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