Giving up on threads

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Hello Escapist.

I was just about to finish a post about betrayal (and who in your family you would least suspect) when I lost interest and stopped. Have you aborted threads like this?

Do you do it often? Why do you usually abandon an idea?

[sub]I generally just get bored with the topic and I figure that if me, the OP is bored, the community will also be bored.[/sub]

Your turn.

 

[KefkaCultist]

I do it a lot.

I'll get like halfway through typing up a thread or sometimes completely done and think, "meh, I really don't care" or, "This topic is dumb..." so then I move on.

 

[JRCB]

Most of the time now, actually. Meh.

I was about to do it here too.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I give up while I'm still thinking of it.
It occurs to me that I'm not eloquent enough to do it properly and I'm not interested in making a thread without substance. Plus, it'd likely be a reiteration of something I missed. There just isn't any point.

I like how you lost interest in a thread you were making only make a thread about how you lost interest in the thread you were making.

 

[smearyllama]

Sometimes I have a cool idea for a thread, then reread what I've written and see that it makes me come off as an asshole, or might be kinda stupid.

 

[RadiusXd]

i must wonder how many times this thread was a victim of its own subject matter....

OT: not sure I've ever really done that. but then I'm not much of a thread starter, and more a thread finisher.

 

[WolfEdge]

I do it more often than not when making posts. It's why I never start threads.

 

[Dark Knifer]

Sometimes, but it's often like "Yeah, I'll make a thread now" then just changing my mind. If I have something I find quite interesting then this won't happen.

 

[Robert632]

I've never actually created a thread, but many times I'll have a post half done, then just leave the thread, as I'm bored with writing it.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

Not for threads, I do abandon a post when I realize that I'm basically just rehashing an opinion that's been said a hundred times already.

Either that, or I realize I might be too offensive. This site's really uptight about flaming.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

I did start writing one once, and midway through I relized I don't give a crap about it and turned my computer off.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I've abandoned more posts than threads. I've been here long enough so that one would think I'd have tried making more threads but no. Generally I'll abandon a thread when I don't think it'll be a long-lived thread. I'll abandon a post if I think it'll get me into trouble with a mod or, if the post is lacking in relevance. Also, to a somewhat lesser degree, I am a bit worried every time I get quoted. 'What did I say now' is the first thing I think when I see that I've been quoted.

 

[Ambi]

I abandon lots of threads and posts. They get shoved away in the group of tabs to the left of my screen until I stop caring.

I should stop abandoning debates. I get overwhelmed by obligations easily, even if I can think of things to reply with. Honestly, it isn't just me being proven wrong, getting upset, and being in denial. Some years ago I tried to challenge that white supremacist cesspool of ignorance known as Stormfront in a debate. I created a thread and got lots of replies, but their numbers, their arrogant stupidity, and the fact that my posts had to be approved by a mod... It just felt overwhelming and saddening. I put off replying and I never did.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Sometimes. Occasionally I'll abandon it mid-post because I feel like all I would say has been said. Other times I'll get tired of an argument I'm having with another poster and just abandon it.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I don't really make threads, cuz i don't really think of any specific topics and there will be about 5 different people being uncreative (like me) making threads saying "so *insert video game here* sucked/was awesome" so i'd just be adding to the pile if i whent down the uncreative route.

[sub]Can i come out of my hole? Has the Dragonage 2 deluge finally stopped?[/sub]

 

[Erana]

Threads... Posts... Really, though, not posting can actually be a mature reaction to what's going on. That's the problem with the internet; you can't see maturity on the internet, because the most mature response to something on the internet is usually to not post at all.

 

[Nouw]

Laziness.

I'm not proud of it >.>

 

[Saelune]

Quite often. More so with posts than threads. I often will start typing a long response, then not post it. I usually dont if I either am unsure of what Im talking about, dont think people will understand, or just dont want to start/continue something thats just annoying me.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

for every post i actually post, there's 9 that i've started typing, or even finished, and then i'll delete it and not post it, same with threads although it happens less often

 

[Twilight_guy]

Every time I want to make a thread I think to myself "Is this really something useful to discuss and thus worthy of being a thread?"
Ever since I starting asking myself this the answer has been "no" every time. I haven't created a thread in years because of it. Yet I still see the same damn zombie thread on a regular basis. Makes you think.