When posting...

[gay_Aleks]

...have you ever scrapped a post, thinking "No, this is stupid and doesn't contribute to the thread"? How often does it happen? And how many times is it true?
Sadly, this happens quite often to me. Even worse, it's more often to post something stupid rather than to show self-restraint.

 

[Gary Childress]

...have you ever scrapped a post, thinking "No, this is stupid and doesn't contribute to the thread"? How often does it happen? And how many times is it true?
Sadly, this happens quite often to me. Even worse, it's more often to post something stupid rather than to show self-restraint.

I'm the same way sometimes. Part of me wants to participate in the back and forth in a debate, but then I'll look at something I'm about to post sometimes and just think it's not really worth posting, so I don't.

 

[The_J]

Oh yeah, all the time.
And this thread lacks a poll. How many people do you think will not post a "+1" here and rather close the window again?
How thoughtless from you!

 

[Cutlass]

Occasionally I do a post and then I'm like 'f#@% it. Not worth it.' Occasionally I'm making a post and I'm just not finding the right wording to say what I want to say, and so scrap it.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Even worse is when you have already posted and 10 minutes later you realize you have done a terrible mistake. For instance my greatest weakness is that i am so frustrated with the cumbersome nature of forum communication (lacking the flexible quick back and forth of real communication) that I compensate by being more strong-minded, opinionated and confrontational. And that can cause me to embrace typically stupid internet loud-mouth posturing behavior - and I hate to be that guy (unless I am just that right - you better bow to me, intellectual peasant!). So shame and humiliation sinks deeply into my stomach, but unless it is really bad I usually don't want to bother with rewriting the post (and also I kinda fear to only make things worse by drawing attention to it that way - pretty sleazy I guess). so I feel stuck with enduring it and hoping no one notices what an idiot I can be.

 

[Gary Childress]

I do that sometimes, post something and then realize it was a mistake. I'll go back to it and just delete it and put, "nevermind" or something in its place. Or try to before anyone reads it and realizes what a dolt I was being.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Oh yeah, all the time.
And this thread lacks a poll. How many people do you think will not post a " 1" here and rather close the window again?
How thoughtless from you!

I dunno, made this thread so that people could share whether they scrap their posts or not, and if yes, why?

 

[Perfection]

Typically I know whether or not I can contribute prior to posting. I sometimes scrap a post because it doesn't achieve that aim but I typically will write something else after (Unless I get interrupted by life, of course)

 

[cybrxkhan]

That happens I suppose.

I also scrap posts because I know there's a good chance it might raise a ruckus and start a debate that I'm not interested in getting into. CFC has been a much better place for me when I avoid most of the heated debates, and I intend to keep it that way.

 

[Narz]

...have you ever scrapped a post, thinking "No, this is stupid and doesn't contribute to the thread"? How often does it happen? And how many times is it true?

I tend to think almost everything I say contributes to the thread. On occasion I will start to write something & then think, "Do I really want to say this?", "Do I really even care about this topic?" or "Would I continue follow this thread if I hadn't posted in it?".

If I answer No to those questions I don't post.

Sadly, this happens quite often to me. Even worse, it's more often to post something stupid rather than to show self-restraint.

I used to judge myself for posting stupid stuff. Like, what if my child or someone from the future unearthed & read thru all my posts, most of them aren't all that deep or significant.

But who cares? Not everything in life has to be. Sometimes saying stupid things has value, in being wrong you can get called out. When you get called you you can rethink & realize either "I was right the whole time, this other person is an idiot" or "There may be something to what their saying or an angle I hadn't considered". This does happen occasionally to me, usually in conversation with the miniority here I feel I can have a discussion with without it becoming a battle of egos, who are just here to have fun, not to be right.

Anyway, life isn't about being perfect or being smooth & saying the right thing all the time. So don't worry, try restraint if you think its building your character but I wouldn't sweat it too much.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Even worse is when you have already posted and 10 minutes later you realize you have done a terrible mistake.

That's why the Edit button exists.


There have been plenty of times when I've started a post, gotten as far as "Preview" and realized either that someone else already made those points, or that I've worded it too bluntly and would probably be infracted. So the post gets canceled.

Just because something can be said, that doesn't mean it should be said.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Never had this concern; every single one of my posts contribute to a thread, sadly most people simply don't see it.

 

[Tahuti]

I sometimes retract posts.

But honestly, is there really room for regret? Every post shows a particular insight and the circumstances in which such insights arose are particular to everyone. Unfortunately, the insights of most posters come too much newspapers.

 

[gay_Aleks]

I don't know. Some of my posts could either get me into trouble with the mods or derail a thread beyond any rescue.

 

[Borachio]

<nvm>

 

[cybrxkhan]

<nvm>

Clever.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

That's why the Edit button exists.

Which is why I already accounted for that possibility in the post you quoted!

 

[Rashiminos]

On a similar vein I tend to report my own doubleposts.

 

[Mise]

Occasionally I do a post and then I'm like 'f#@% it. Not worth it.' Occasionally I'm making a post and I'm just not finding the right wording to say what I want to say, and so scrap it.

Yeah, this happens to me a lot too.

Also, sometimes I just don't want to have to answer 50 million replies to it, either because I know lots of people will disagree, or because I know one person will disagree, and they're the kind of person that just doesn't shut up, even when they're demonstrably wrong.

 

[ummmm........]

I almost never post my posts. It's the typing them out that's the point, I don't need anyone to actually read them . . .