Writing posts, but not posting them.

Flint · 11-03-2006, 05:04 PM

Do you ever do this? I do. Alot. Probably I post about half of what I write. And the rest, I preview, edit, preview, edit... . . .

Elspode · 11-03-2006, 05:05 PM

I was going to comment on this, but I just deleted it instead.

wolf · 11-03-2006, 05:12 PM

Every now and again I type something in the quick reply box that's just too over the line in terms of flamage, and luckily, my sensibility sensor kicks in just before I hit post.

bbro · 11-03-2006, 05:17 PM

I do this about half the time. I just did it in the Rules of Engagement thread. It's normally because I have no confidence in my response.

glatt · 11-03-2006, 05:23 PM

My father is the kind of guy who keeps his mouth shut until he has something really good to say. Then he says it. His words have value. I always admire that trait and I try to emulate it.

BUt here on the Cellar, that's not the point. It's good to have posts that have some value to them, but if you wait until what you have to say is profound, there would be no posts here. It's the chaff that inspires the wheat.

Edit: I just thought about this post and how it relates to the thread, and decided to delete it rather than refine it, because I think it's lame and I don't even really agree with it fully. But since the topic of the thread is posts you delete, I thought I'd give you an example of what I would delete. It's everything above the word "Edit" here.

Flint · 11-03-2006, 05:25 PM

@glatt: My opinion is that you should post more stuff like that.

glatt · 11-03-2006, 05:27 PM

Thanks. Reading it again, I like it more. But there's still something about it I don't like. Can't put my finger on it.

Flint · 11-03-2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

But there's still something about it I don't like. Can't put my finger on it.

That's what previewing, re-writing, previewing, re-writing, previewing, and re-writing is for. Of course, sometimes you can never "fix" it.

busterb · 11-03-2006, 06:43 PM

Yes because I go to spell check or look for something and it's gone.

11-03-2006, 06:53 PM

Nope, but I tend to go back and edit a lot. Afterthoughts more than revisions.

Griff · 11-03-2006, 07:31 PM

*profundity deleted*

lumberjim · 11-03-2006, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

*profundity deleted*

DIBS!

Griff · 11-03-2006, 07:48 PM

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

mrnoodle · 11-03-2006, 09:59 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

Flint · 11-03-2006, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

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

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, 05:04 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Writing posts, but not posting them. Do you ever do this? I do. Alot. Probably I post about half of what I write. And the rest, I preview, edit, preview, edit... . . . __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-03-2006, 05:05 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I was going to comment on this, but I just deleted it instead. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-03-2006, 05:12 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Every now and again I type something in the quick reply box that's just too over the line in terms of flamage, and luckily, my sensibility sensor kicks in just before I hit post. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-03-2006, 05:25 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@glatt: My opinion is that you should post more stuff like that. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-03-2006, 05:17 PM	#4
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	I do this about half the time. I just did it in the Rules of Engagement thread. It's normally because I have no confidence in my response.

11-03-2006, 05:23 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My father is the kind of guy who keeps his mouth shut until he has something really good to say. Then he says it. His words have value. I always admire that trait and I try to emulate it. BUt here on the Cellar, that's not the point. It's good to have posts that have some value to them, but if you wait until what you have to say is profound, there would be no posts here. It's the chaff that inspires the wheat. Edit: I just thought about this post and how it relates to the thread, and decided to delete it rather than refine it, because I think it's lame and I don't even really agree with it fully. But since the topic of the thread is posts you delete, I thought I'd give you an example of what I would delete. It's everything above the word "Edit" here.

11-03-2006, 05:27 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Thanks. Reading it again, I like it more. But there's still something about it I don't like. Can't put my finger on it.

11-03-2006, 06:43 PM	#9
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Yes because I go to spell check or look for something and it's gone. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-03-2006, 06:53 PM	#10
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Nope, but I tend to go back and edit a lot. Afterthoughts more than revisions.

11-03-2006, 07:31 PM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	profundity deleted __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-03-2006, 07:48 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	getting the 90% -100% percent crowd to weigh in on this may be problematic __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-03-2006, 09:59 PM	#14
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 10:08 PM.

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