What percentage of the time do you change your mind about submitting the ILx post you just drafted?

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Probably less than half of my drafted posts make it to "Submit". (The determining factor is how bold I'm feeling more than how good I think the post will be. Although the biggest category of unsent posts for me would probably be Jokes I Decide Aren't Funny.)

I feel I should make this thread-opener more clever, but if I spend too much time on it I'll probably lose my nerve and drop the whole idea. So here goes!

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 17 March 2003 06:40 (twenty-three years ago)

i reject about 5%, but i post lots of crap

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 17 March 2003 06:42 (twenty-three years ago)

haha i write HEEEPS and submit about 1 %

― donna (donna), Monday, 17 March 2003 06:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to do it all the time, because I'm paranoid about being misunderstood, but I've quit censoring myself so much ever since I noticed that no one ever says "Huh?" to ANYTHING around here. We just seem to take incomprehensibility in stride.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 17 March 2003 06:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Huh?

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 17 March 2003 07:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I reject 5 or 10%, I guess. It's mostly when I can't get a joke to work satisfactorily enough to be worth posting, or when I can't phrase something right so that it's what I want to say and it's not offensive or hurtful.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 17 March 2003 12:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Probably 25% of the time.

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 17 March 2003 13:07 (twenty-three years ago)

bout 15% for me

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 March 2003 13:08 (twenty-three years ago)

it goes up and down a lot. it's quite high at the mo.

― Alan (Alan), Monday, 17 March 2003 13:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I think it's rather obvious I do very little self-censoring. Of course, I haven't been able to be on ILX as much lately, so I guess that's helped.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 17 March 2003 13:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Always. I live with a permanent sense of regret.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 17 March 2003 13:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I submit 99%

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 17 March 2003 13:57 (twenty-three years ago)

What does 'drafted' mean?

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 17 March 2003 14:04 (twenty-three years ago)

20-30% of mine don't get sent, I think.

― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 17 March 2003 14:38 (twenty-three years ago)

As much as 50%, which cuts down my number of postings a bit. I'm very self-conscious of being an uneducated, uncultured, unfunny moron, whether I am or not.

― ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Monday, 17 March 2003 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I reckon 40%, at least. Reasons they get cut include:

- attempt to be funny that doesn't work
- attempt to offer opinion seems too strident, too contrived, poorly thought-out or badly argued
- reveals too much about my (or others') personal life
- "So. Who the fuck cares what you think?"

Of course, you could quite easily argue that my stuff that gets through falls into one of these categories as well.

― James Ball (James Ball), Monday, 17 March 2003 15:46 (twenty-three years ago)

the watchdog was understandably upset

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 17 March 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

I think I censor maybe 10%. You don't want to see that 10%.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 March 2003 15:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmm about 25-30%, either coz:

a) they are too rambling
b) I've said something that might possibly be seen as mean
c) I think "oh why bother"

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 17 March 2003 16:50 (twenty-three years ago)

it varies, but i hit the back button rather than submit most of the time. which is what i feel like doing right now. i will resist. probably something like 80%

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 17 March 2003 16:56 (twenty-three years ago)

i wrote six drafts of this before i finally hit submit.

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 17 March 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Probably 30% or so. Usually 'cause I decide what I drafted sounded stupid or unfunny.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 17 March 2003 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

100% of the time including now.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 17 March 2003 17:29 (twenty-three years ago)

i only change my mind about submitting something after i've submitted it.

― di smith (lucylurex), Monday, 17 March 2003 23:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I reject roughly 25%.

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 00:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Dan we want to see your 10% !!!

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 00:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I reject about 50% of what I've typed and then regret posting 70% of the remainder

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 00:45 (twenty-three years ago)

i reject 99.9% of my posts. that should make people happy.

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 00:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Only ever when I see that someone's just posted what I wanted to. The result is that I post enough to stay on the Users board, but 90% of the things I post are stupid jokes. The interesting stuff, other people have covered in half the words. Damn you all and your cromulent wordage!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 11:18 (twenty-three years ago)

About 10% of my posts never see the light of day. (At least another 50% probably shouldn't.)

― Fred Nerk, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 11:26 (twenty-three years ago)

I ditch about 10%. Most common reasons -

- postings to advice threads which I end up thinking sound patronising or glib.
- jokes which depend on there not being a message posted inbetween, and one is.
- attacks on other posters where I want to type the words for catharsis purposes but not actually post them.
- related to above, replies to trolls/lamers where I think oh its not worth it and hit the back button.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 11:31 (twenty-three years ago)

I ditch about 5%, for much the same reasons as Tom as I am not my own man.

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 11:35 (twenty-three years ago)

uh. 5% or 25%? i forget either way.

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

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