So do you ever type out a post and then change your mind and delete it?

[NeutralDrow]

Sometimes I type out an entire post, spending 5 or 10 minutes getting my thoughts together and typing it out and just when I am about to post it I think, "this doesn't need to be said" and I delete it.

Does anyone else do that?

Yes, actually. And in those exact words.

 

[game-lover]

Yep. Many, many times.

I always re read everything I type so I've changed my mind a lot.

 

[warprincenataku]

Yes, sometimes I immediately get upset about someone's post or response and I just want to call them out and belittle them, but usually by the time I finish my rant I realize that I just don't care that much to respond.

Sometimes it may be as simple as the reader misread what I wrote, sometimes it's people responding and voicing their opinion and who isn't allowed to disagree with me?

So generally, I delete my post about once a week.

 

[Creator002]

I do it quite a lot. Sometimes I go off track, so I have to go back to stay on topic or I realise what I typed doesn't have to be said.

 

[Zeema]

Same i always write too much or too little then usally scrap it

whenever i write threads takes me ages to figure out the right words

 

[Lurklen]

Sometimes, mostly when I just don't want to start something. Or I'm so tired I can't tell if what I've written makes sense.

 

[Elo125]

Yeah, I do it all the time. I was actually in this thread a couple of hours ago and decided against posting. Kind of ironic, isn't it?

 

[Saltyk]

Pretty frequently. Often, I just decide that I don't care enough to post something, or fear I will end up looking stupid or ignorant because I overlooked some small issue that I didn't think about. It's pretty much one or the other. But probably only a few times in a given week. More often than not, I finish my comments.

See? I finished this one. Go, Me!

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I do this most of the time. Either it's too irrelevant, too over-said or too offensive. I almost did it with this one, actually...

 

[FilipJPhry]

It's after typing the post, then look up at the comments to see someone already summed up what you typed, with better grammar and sense.

 

[ExplosiveTiger]

Yes, and that is why actually talking to someone and texting/messaging/writing someone will never be the same.

 

[Nicarus]

You would not believe how many times I do that. Sometimes I see something happen, I go into a sorta ranty phase, and then when I've got it all down I just think "This would not end well for me" or something of the sorts. Totally bugs me crazy when I do that.

 

[Zenichi]

about 99% of the time, i think its because i dont want to sound psychotic on the interwebz

 

[Aidinthel]

All the time. Mainly I just decide that I don't care enough to finish my post, or that I don't have anything interesting to add.

 

[emeraldrafael]

If I posted half the things I've deleted I would have never made it to 3000 posts before being banned.

 

[TheAceTheOne]

I don't really, but if I do, it's because I need to find the right way to articulate my ideas.

 

[The Thinker]

Yes. I do this when I don't have the energy to finish my comment, so I just close the tab. Or if I fail the nose test, which is this: Would I want to punch the person who put this on the internet on the nose? If I fail the test, I usually don't have the energy to rewrite my post, so it leads to the first scenario.

 

[Death God]

Occasionally. There are times I want to post, then decide not to if my post is just a repeat of other posts or is just me kind of rambling on.

 

[NoOne852]

I do that on occasions. I've also recently come across problems where I enter a post and it seems to have been eaten by the interwebs because it doesn't show up on the thread...