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Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:06 pm
by howdy
I believe my post count is in the 220 range, BUT I have written many, many more. I will read something on CHL Forum and I will type a great reply, only to "cool off" or think better about my post and delete the whole thing. We all know there are certain things we probably shouldn't put in a post (ie number and types of guns owned) and I try to avoid doing that. Does anybody else sometimes have writers remorse?

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:17 pm
by LSUTiger
Probably not as often as I should.

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:29 pm
by knotquiteawake
I've "lost" many a post because after hitting submit I close the window not realizing it didn't actually submit the post because someone else had posted and it wants to make sure I still want to post my post in light of whatever updated posts have been posted.

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:39 pm
by seamusTX
howdy wrote:Does anybody else sometimes have writers remorse?
Sure.

A recommended technique for dealing with anger is to write a letter to the person that you are angry with, then put it in a drawer. Next morning, read it and rip it up.

- Jim

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:40 pm
by The Annoyed Man
I've deleted a few, and I've also hit the "back" button accidentally before submitting.

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:43 pm
by jmra
Very often. Mostly after my wife reads it and says "don't you dare".

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:10 pm
by Ericstac
A bunch.. The few times I went ahead with the posts I got warning of being banned. :rules:

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:12 pm
by RPB
i have, and I've tweeted and sometimes deleted those, and sometimes it doesn't let me.

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:44 pm
by canvasbck
I typed four replies to this thread before posting this one. :biggrinjester:

Yep.......all the time.

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:03 pm
by chasfm11
All the time. I probably delete 4 times as many as I post. Most of the ones that I delete really weren't adding anything to the thread. Thankfully, some of the others never saw the light of day. :mrgreen:

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:06 pm
by Lonest4r
I will sometimes write a post and think to myself "who really cares about that anyway?" and delete it because I have nothing valuable to add to the discussion.

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:07 pm
by C-dub
Lots. I might be over the 7k post limit if I hadn't. Mostly because I started rambling or just figured I really didn't to say anything after all. Sometimes it was because I didn't think it would last long once a moderator saw it. :lol:

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:10 pm
by fickman
Yep! I do it a lot.

If anybody here listens to The Ticket in Dallas, you'll be familiar with the term "tired-head".

Sometimes I'll write a detailed post and either give myself tired-head or get tired-head thinking of the responses.

If any of you are annoyed with the posts I DO submit, just think of the ones I've protected you from!

:tiphat:

Re: Do you ever delete a post before submitting it?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:12 pm
by carlson1
seamusTX wrote:
howdy wrote:Does anybody else sometimes have writers remorse?
Sure.

A recommended technique for dealing with anger is to write a letter to the person that you are angry with, then put it in a drawer. Next morning, read it and rip it up.

- Jim
:iagree:

Weekly for me if not multiple times weekly. :woohoo