[quote=@Inkarnate]
However, it is not the same as being with a RP from the beginning and refusing to read posts which I think what the topic is more centrally about.
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I think yes, for a new thread it is definitely an instance to be reading all of the posts. However, I think the question was broadly posed to all threads, unless I missed something in the OP.

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I think [@yoshua171] is right to stress the important of communication. If a player is interested, willing to communicate with a sufficient understanding of what is going on, and one one of my threads where I know they really don't need to be reading every post because of a large amount of filler, I'm going to work with them to get them involved.

This is the type of thing I'll judge on a thread by thread basis when I GM and ultimately it is just that - it is up to the GM. RP has very few hard set rules.