Multiple pushbuttons and pulldown resistor

Reviving this old thread again! Sorry!
In ref to the above diagram, people have said that with a shared resistor, one button push would make all pins read +. if there were 3 resistors instead, wouldnt all 3 pins still be connected thru ground or shorted and still read +?
AKA How does the diagram in the earlier posts differ from this one:

And is this first one any different from :