Writing posts, but not posting them. - Page 2

Flint · 11-03-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

getting the 90% -100% percent crowd to weigh in on this may be problematic

mrnoodle · 11-03-2006, 08:59 PM

If you can believe it, there are actually times when I do delete posts before hitting send. Quite a few. Looking at some of the stuff I've let live, you can imagine how retarded the cut ones were.

I let a lot of stuff by that I know might not reflect exactly well on me, because I want to be as honest as I can. I have to edit other people's stuff all day, so I can't keep from self-editing, but my standards for myself are far more lax

Pretty much what you see is exactly what I'm thinking at the moment, even if that happens to random, unrelated, posting under the influence, angry, self-loathing, contradictory, happy, weird, or otherwise. Weird gets deleted more than anything. Also, I don't like to reply to posts from people talking about the really difficult times in their lives, e.g., death, illness, hard financial times. Everything I type seems overly trite and formulaic, or harsh, or self-absorbed. You know, I want to tell about something that's happened to me that's similar to what the other poster writes, and then I realize they really don't need nor want to hear about it, so I delete it. But then it looks like I don't care because I haven't chimed in, so I feel like I should say something, so I make something lame and keep that about 50% of the time.

All in all, dead posts account for maybe 20% -- quite a bit, when I think about it. I can think of one recent one that is going to join its brothers in the "dude. just shut up and go to bed, you're stoned." graveyard shortly.

lol Griff

Torrere · 11-03-2006, 09:36 PM

Occasionally I'll write up a long rant. Then I realize that it's a long rant, and I look at it, and look at it, and it gets axed. Most of the posts that get through are the brief one or two sentence remarks.

DucksNuts · 11-03-2006, 10:05 PM

I'm sure it wont surprise anyone to know that everything I type gets posted, if I am thinking it, it spews forth from my fingers.

That said, I dont contribute to the *serious* threads, I am just here as fluff

Ibby · 11-03-2006, 11:24 PM

Ohhh shit, I hit the wrong one, I thought the poll was the other way around, what % of what you write do you post. Oops.

skysidhe · 11-05-2006, 07:15 AM

I write...then post...then say ..'oops' and hope for mercy and grace and leave it as is...except for punctuation editing I mean because people can take a flamer more than a bad speller it seems. Ironic but true. :p

yesman065 · 11-06-2006, 10:44 AM

Upon reflection, I wish I didn't post much of what I typed andI'm sure many of you would agree. Oh well. To post or not to post - Is that the question?

View Poll Results: How often do you write and not post?
0% - 10% of the time	8	32.00%
10% - 20% of the time	3	12.00%
20% - 30% of the time	5	20.00%
30% - 40% of the time	1	4.00%
40% - 50% of the time	5	20.00%
50% - 60% of the time	0	0%
60% - 70% of the time	2	8.00%
70% - 80% of the time	0	0%
80% - 90% of the time	1	4.00%
90% - 100% of the time	0	0%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll

11-03-2006, 08:59 PM	#2
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	If you can believe it, there are actually times when I do delete posts before hitting send. Quite a few. Looking at some of the stuff I've let live, you can imagine how retarded the cut ones were. I let a lot of stuff by that I know might not reflect exactly well on me, because I want to be as honest as I can. I have to edit other people's stuff all day, so I can't keep from self-editing, but my standards for myself are far more lax Pretty much what you see is exactly what I'm thinking at the moment, even if that happens to random, unrelated, posting under the influence, angry, self-loathing, contradictory, happy, weird, or otherwise. Weird gets deleted more than anything. Also, I don't like to reply to posts from people talking about the really difficult times in their lives, e.g., death, illness, hard financial times. Everything I type seems overly trite and formulaic, or harsh, or self-absorbed. You know, I want to tell about something that's happened to me that's similar to what the other poster writes, and then I realize they really don't need nor want to hear about it, so I delete it. But then it looks like I don't care because I haven't chimed in, so I feel like I should say something, so I make something lame and keep that about 50% of the time. All in all, dead posts account for maybe 20% -- quite a bit, when I think about it. I can think of one recent one that is going to join its brothers in the "dude. just shut up and go to bed, you're stoned." graveyard shortly. lol Griff __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh Last edited by mrnoodle; 11-03-2006 at 09:08 PM.

11-03-2006, 11:24 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Ohhh shit, I hit the wrong one, I thought the poll was the other way around, what % of what you write do you post. Oops. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-03-2006, 09:36 PM	#3
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Occasionally I'll write up a long rant. Then I realize that it's a long rant, and I look at it, and look at it, and it gets axed. Most of the posts that get through are the brief one or two sentence remarks.

11-03-2006, 10:05 PM	#4
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I'm sure it wont surprise anyone to know that everything I type gets posted, if I am thinking it, it spews forth from my fingers. That said, I dont contribute to the serious threads, I am just here as fluff

11-05-2006, 07:15 AM	#6
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I write...then post...then say ..'oops' and hope for mercy and grace and leave it as is...except for punctuation editing I mean because people can take a flamer more than a bad speller it seems. Ironic but true. :p

11-06-2006, 10:44 AM	#7
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Upon reflection, I wish I didn't post much of what I typed andI'm sure many of you would agree. Oh well. To post or not to post - Is that the question?

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