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TMAN10112

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As mentioned in the title, what are you habits while posting? do you spell check or just fix everything later? do you stay after posting or leave as soon as you hit the post button?

My habits include posting, editing away the spelling errors, then hitting refresh a few times to see if I get quoted(I will probably do both right now).
 

JakalMc

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I edit almost everything I post. Either adding further content or fixing spelling/grammatical errors.
 

nimrandir

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Generally, I edit my posts on the fly while typing. While this makes me look about twice as literate as I really am, it has the unfortunate side effect of leaving me several posts behind on the thread in question.
 

cuddly_tomato

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I have to edit most of my posts due to errors of spelling, grammar, punctuation, logic, stuff I forgot, stuff I didn't mean to say, stuff I said but shouldn't have, accidentally posting in the wrong thread then hurriedly editing to make it relevant to the one it's in, and being a dick-head.
 

Duck Sandwich

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I usually spend a few minutes contemplating the contents of my post before actually hitting the post button. Usually it's because I'm trying to think of anything I can add to the post - something that, if I put it in a seperate post, it would just be redundant.

I actually have this habit on MSN and Facebook, too. I feel that I need to be careful with what I say, as people might not be able to tell whether or not I'm joking. This is because I can't rely on conveying my message with my tone of voice. Much to my surprise, I actually find myself using emoticons often.
 

Ronwue

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I edit only when I have something to add that I forgot. I rely on firefox to tell me where I type like a monkey on crack.
 

NewClassic_v1legacy

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Firefox has in-post spell-check, which I abuse regularly. Usually, I'll just hurry up and hit post right after the words are down, but I tend to read through my post anyway, and I'll usually Edit-away the errors I run into during the post-read. Usually pretty functional, but sometimes I'll miss something, or typo in an odd, non-red-lined way, and never notice it. (More and Ore was something I did a few days ago, took me a few hours to notice.)

Assuming it's a long discussion I plan on vesting time in, I'll scroll about finding people, quoting them, addressing their post, double spacing, then quoting the next guy. Rinse repeat until done. (Also, as soon as I hit the quote button, I usually trim down the quote to clean up quote towers or trim their post if it's long, for cleanliness's sake.)

Then post.

EDIT
And like any person, I tend to remember something else to add after I post, which is why I use this "EDIT" format.

When I'm writing reviews, I will keep preview open constantly to check my image tags, format spacing, and how things will look in the actual post. Although, writing reviews and rants usually is a pretty big process for me, which is why my reviews especially always look so attempted-professional.

No one look at my PSU review, it is the most cleverly-arranged thing I've ever done, and scary as hell in size and scope.
 

Uncompetative

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I spell-check everything I write and go to inordinate amounts of trouble to source images by 'hacking' the raw HTML of Googled websites, then put in appropriate style and emphasis, preview everything to ensure it isn't broken then post only to find that someone else has pointed out that, say, there has been a female Doctor Who and that my embedded YouTube clip seems totally irrelevant, or "one-upmanship", I then have to push the EDIT button and explain how it took me so long to write my post it is now on the newly created 'previous page' and half of the visitors are just skipping over it to respond to the active conversation at the bottom of the highest numbered page. Phew...

By the way, The Escapist will tell you when you have been quoted - so it is probably a better strategy to just open another browser window and contribute to another thread and on posting into that you may well see that you have been quoted on the other topic and can switch to that open window to pick up where you left off.
 

TMAN10112

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Uncompetative said:
I spell-check everything I write and go to inordinate amounts of trouble to source images by 'hacking' the raw HTML of Googled websites, then put in appropriate style and emphasis, preview everything to ensure it isn't broken then post only to find that someone else has pointed out that, say, there has been a female Doctor Who and that my embedded YouTube clip seems totally irrelevant, or "one-upmanship", I then have to push the EDIT button and explain how it took me so long to write my post it is now on the newly created 'previous page' and half of the visitors are just skipping over it to respond to the active conversation at the bottom of the highest numbered page. Phew...

By the way, The Escapist will tell you when you have been quoted - so it is probably a better strategy to just open another browser window and contribute to another thread and on posting into that you may well see that you have been quoted on the other topic and can switch to that open window to pick up where you left off.
I know, I'm just extremely impatient.
 

JakalMc

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Duck Sandwich said:
I actually have this habit on MSN and Facebook, too. I feel that I need to be careful with what I say, as people might not be able to tell whether or not I'm joking. This is because I can't rely on conveying my message with my tone of voice. Much to my surprise, I actually find myself using emoticons often.
Indeed, I can relate.
 

xitel

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I tend to read what I type while I type it, so I can check for errors. As far as staying around, if I have a vested interest in the topic, I'll check back into the thread every so often, otherwise I just respond to quotes when I get the notices.
 

crimson5pheonix

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I correct as I type. I stay around if I like the topic, if I don't I'll just respond to quotes.
 

Uncompetative

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TMAN10112 said:
Uncompetative said:
I spell-check everything I write and go to inordinate amounts of trouble to source images by 'hacking' the raw HTML of Googled websites, then put in appropriate style and emphasis, preview everything to ensure it isn't broken then post only to find that someone else has pointed out that, say, there has been a female Doctor Who and that my embedded YouTube clip seems totally irrelevant, or "one-upmanship", I then have to push the EDIT button and explain how it took me so long to write my post it is now on the newly created 'previous page' and half of the visitors are just skipping over it to respond to the active conversation at the bottom of the highest numbered page. Phew...

By the way, The Escapist will tell you when you have been quoted - so it is probably a better strategy to just open another browser window and contribute to another thread and on posting into that you may well see that you have been quoted on the other topic and can switch to that open window to pick up where you left off.
I know, I'm just extremely impatient.
Yes - and I think I go to far too much trouble over something which is just a glorified conversation.

Must.
Type.
Quicker.
 

rottenbutter

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I usually type, spell check, post, see a mistake, edit, see another mistake, edit, see another mistake, and edit it again.

I also have a habit of using the word "awesome", and a habit of using a lot of commas.

# of times edited so far: 3
 

xitel

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rottenbutter said:
I usually type, spell check, post, see a mistake, edit, see another mistake, edit, see another mistake, and edit it again.

I also have habit of using the word "awesome", and using a lot of commas.

# of times edited so far: 1
"have habit"... Needs another edit.
 

Erana

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I usually just type it, post it, then read it agian. I'll edit if there's any glaring error, but comma misuse or a few typeos aren't gonna kill anything.
 

hellthins

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OH GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP EDITING
EDIT:OH GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP EDITING
EDIT:OH GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP EDITING
EDIT:OH GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP EDITING

Other than that, I do what I can to keep the window open. But then again, I usually enter into debates so not sticking around is a little pointless.

EDIT: Also, OH GOD WHY CAN'T I STOP EDITING
 

Pseudonym2

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First, I type it. Then I spell check. Then I post it. Then I realize there are still spelling and grammar errors. Then i fix it. Then I repeat the last two steps ad nauseum.

Yes, I am lesdyxic.