# Do you often "resist" posting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731 "2008-11-20T22:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/21 "2008-11-20T23:08:17Z")
> [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](#): > > That being said, there seems to be a divide in posters between a formal style of writing and a more conversational style. But don’t those styles rather differ between the “segments” of the board? It seems to me people write a lot more formal in GQ (at least in the beginning of threads) to less formal in IMHO and MPSIMS. And then there’s the BBQ. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/22 "2008-11-20T23:10:35Z")
Nine times out of ten for me as well. Usually something I read reminds me of some cool thing I wanted to talk about, and I write a long post about it, and then I look back at the OP and I realize that my point was tangential to the original question, for which I don’t have any kind of answer, so I just close that browser and move on. [sub]hmmm…to post or not to post, that is the question. Is that whole explanation really necessary? Should I just have said, “nine times out of ten for me as well,” and left it at that? Am I really adding anything valuable or interesting to this discussion? O.K., pushing Submit in 5…4…3…2…1[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/23 "2008-11-20T23:18:14Z")
I resist far more often than I post. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/24 "2008-11-20T23:25:03Z")
I’m often tempted to post, but rarely do it mostly due to time constraints. Life is busy. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/25 "2008-11-20T23:50:18Z")
Yeah. I go through brief periods where I post a lot (like I’ve been doing since yesterday), but most of the rest of the time I can go days without barely feeling the need to interject just one comment here or there. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/26 "2008-11-20T23:52:20Z")
I’ve done it many times. I’m basically insecure, and don’t think I have anything to say that anyone would want to hear. It’s what kept me lurking for a long time before I finally joined. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/27 "2008-11-20T23:57:37Z")
A lot. I’m often not as clever or original as I think I am. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/28 "2008-11-21T00:00:09Z")
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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/29 "2008-11-21T00:23:06Z")
Not often enough. Mostly I let my inside voice start yapping like a jackass when I know for a fact my outside voice would have a little more control. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/30 "2008-11-21T00:25:38Z")
If the thread is 3 pages long…I find I usually have nothing significant to add. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/31 "2008-11-21T00:28:15Z")
> [@This\_ll\_Do](#): > > I resist far more often than I post. Me too. Sometimes it’s holding my tongue when I think somebody’s doing something childish or stupid or mean. But mostly it’s a courtesy to fellow Dopers – is my comment worth the time it takes to open a thread and scroll down? 99% of the time it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/32 "2008-11-21T00:34:03Z")
All the time. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/33 "2008-11-21T00:52:19Z")
Yes, often. Particularly if it looks like the thread is going to become one of those nit-picky things that require a lot of time and explaining and reexplaining your position. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/34 "2008-11-21T00:53:19Z")
Not near often enough. Look at my posts vs. join date. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/35 "2008-11-21T01:00:32Z")
Yes, I do this often. Usually it’s because I realise that someone else has already said what I planned to say, only more articulately. In some of the airplane question threads I write replies and then realise that a pilot will give a much better answer, so even if no-one has already said what I’m trying to say, I know that someone will. And sometimes my intended post is merely shrill ranting, and not worth the electrons. ---
**Author:** ![Lavender\_Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lavender\_Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/36 "2008-11-21T01:05:47Z")
Yes. Not because I’m prone to snarkiness or anything. Just that I try to limit my internet time, so I don’t like to get caught up in conversations too often. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/37 "2008-11-21T01:12:38Z")
Yeah I do. This place can be awfully intimidating. One false ‘Enter’ and you find yourself whooshed to Oz or you become the Idiot of the Week. It’s too much pressure, Jerry! _Xanax_ ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/38 "2008-11-21T01:12:40Z")
Yes. Mostly because Idon’t have the energy to keep up my end of the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/39 "2008-11-21T01:20:01Z")
I post far often than I resist. But I am very guilty of something sounding great in my head, but on rereading is awful. I should probably resist more, but a high post count is manly. Isn’t it? See! Terrible! I’m… going to go now… _sulk_ ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731/40 "2008-11-21T01:32:53Z")
Maybe half or two thirds of the time, for the reasons above, and also because often once I’ve typed my opinion, I find it’s not worth sharing. Hell, I almost pressed ‘back’ just now (no kidding). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-often-resist-posting/473731.md?page=3)