# Discourse makes me feel like I'm shirking my duty **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [February 5, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240 "2021-02-05T04:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/21 "2021-04-05T04:00:22Z")
Great suggestion! We should have done this years ago. Also makes the “handoff draft for editing on another device” workflow a lot more obvious, as well. (It was always there, just kind of magically happening in the background, so you had to know about it.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/22 "2021-05-05T19:14:44Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Yes, it feels like there’s an implied “you cowardly scum” tone to it. Maybe they can actually put that on the question for a few months. Then when they take it off, it’ll seem less accusing. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/23 "2021-05-05T19:20:53Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > Yeah, I agree, current thinking is we’ll replace the existing close dialog with this: > > > What would you like to do with your post? > > > > Close and discard Close and save draft for later Keep editing > > (Note that draft saving is, and has always been, automatic, you don’t actually have to do _anything_ other than type to get a draft created… but it’s nice to be explicit as well. [Visit the drafts page of your user profile at `/my/activity/drafts`](https://boards.straightdope.com/my/activity/drafts).) Is there any option for NOT automatically saving my draft? I spent twenty years very comfortable not having it, and I would select it in my user preferences, were it to be offered. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/24 "2021-05-05T19:33:56Z")
“Abandon” is a bit much! LOL 1. Forsake; leave behind. 2. Give up with the intent of never claiming again. 3. Leave in the lurch. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/25 "2021-05-05T19:35:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is there any option for NOT automatically saving my draft? I spent twenty years very comfortable not having it, and I would select it in my user preferences, were it to be offered Not just that, but I start plenty of posts and abandon them knowing full while I’ll revisit the topic later and want to give my post another shot. In the past, that just meant leaving the thread. While I’m already used to it, I now have to make sure to cancel the post. Otherwise it can be a bit jarring to click on the same thread and find a post I started typing two days earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/26 "2021-05-05T20:11:29Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > We know intuitively that the trashcan below a post on mobile will discard the draft, as this is a standard icon. Can we get a recycle bin instead? I’d like to think that mine unused words might be shredded into their constituent letters and then remanufactured into shiny new words for others to use. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/27 "2021-05-06T02:34:45Z")
They would be of lower quality and have to be used for making low quality posts. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/28 "2021-05-06T12:11:37Z")
Good thing there’s no shortage of those around here. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/29 "2021-05-06T14:21:20Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > They would be of lower quality and have to be used for making low quality posts Somebody page me? ---
**Author:** ![mimminent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@mimminent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mimminent)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/30 "2021-05-06T19:02:26Z")
All bots were designed by humans. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/31 "2021-05-07T11:42:47Z")
This post is 80% post-consumer content ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240/32 "2021-05-07T14:28:10Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > This post is 80% post-consumer content Yep. I recognize the “m” from a previous post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-makes-me-feel-like-im-shirking-my-duty/932240.md?page=1)