# How Often Do You Stop Yourself From Posting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172 "2004-04-04T08:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/41 "2004-04-04T22:51:34Z")
Happens frequently but not often enough. i get addicted to surfing through all the messageboards I’ve joined and end up making posts just for the hell of it. Sometimes I manage to stop myself from making a tit of myself, sometimes I dont. ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/42 "2004-04-05T03:26:03Z")
I stop the post whenever the parrot on keyboard inserts more errors then I can correct. This happens most in midafternoon ( he is no night owl). I also delete posts when the parrot’s typing is faster then mine. Let him cough up his own five dollars. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/43 "2004-04-05T14:12:30Z")
Funny thing is that I just composed an entire new thread and then just decided that even though it was in MPSIMS it was just too uninteresting to share. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/44 "2004-04-05T14:30:24Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > Funny thing is that I just composed an entire new thread and then just decided that even though it was in MPSIMS it was just too uninteresting to share. HA! I finally got the gumption to post the stuff I almost posted. And on preview, I see you posted there - is it about the singing Mexican workers? I wanna hear that one. Is this irony? Posting about talking about posting stuff you almost didn’t post in a thread talking stuff you almost posted but didn’t. I think I wrote that the right way. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/45 "2004-04-05T14:35:43Z")
I’d say about 90% of them don’t make to the submit button. Imagine what my post count would be if they did! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/46 "2004-04-05T14:45:49Z")
Well, let’s see. I’ve popped in here almost every day since sometime in 1999 and I think I’m up to 300 posts, or so. I almost always have something I COULD add, but I only post if I think I will add something unique. Most of the time, even if I have something to say, I’m more interested in reading what you all have written than in taking the time to post myself. This post is a perfect example of the type of reply I seldom make. But heck, it’s Monday and it’s spring and I have the day off. Or, to summarize, most if not all of my piffle remains unposted. ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/47 "2004-04-05T15:12:21Z")
I do this a lot because it’s so time-consuming, and the hamsters are slow. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/48 "2004-04-05T20:37:40Z")
Fairly often; but not often enough. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/49 "2004-04-06T02:19:30Z")
I find this topic interesting considering that, as a newbie, I’m trying to find the middle ground. So far, I’m guessing I should probably shut up when I don’t. Eww, that’s a hard slap of self-realization. But it’s sometimes hard to fight my general tendency to want to be heard or the nagging desire to say something memorable, like this: > [@screech-owl](#): > > And the Muse is brewing decaf. Love it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/50 "2004-04-06T02:40:41Z")
> [@Blaster](#): > > Ease of life sometimes negates expression of opinion. Whatever! (ok, he’s my husband, I can say that.) Three words to the original question: Not often enough. Unfortunately, I tend to go right ahead and post, to a fault. I have sometimes thanked the hamsters for eating my posts! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/51 "2004-04-06T02:47:24Z")
Best guess - 25% of the time. Like **FairyChatMom** , I’m usually pretty sure I’ve got something to contribute before I hit “reply.” Occasionally I’ll be pounding away at a response, and somewhere along the line it occurs to me that it isn’t worth the typing. I probably wouldn’t submit _this_ post if this wasn’t the thread it is. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/52 "2004-04-06T02:51:00Z")
I stop myself from posting often. Everytime I see an OP of real interest to me, by the time I get through reading the thread, someone or the other has posted what I intended to respond. Since it’s almost always worded better than my post would have been, I just sigh and move on to another thread. When it comes to game threads, I probably should abstain more. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172/53 "2004-04-06T05:24:16Z")
Wow. I said something memorable? Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-stop-yourself-from-posting/238172.md?page=2)