# SDMB Bad Habits.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bad-habits/433307>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 12, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bad-habits/433307 "2008-01-12T17:54:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bad-habits/433307/1 "2008-01-12T17:54:01Z")

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I would be the first to admit that I am not your ideal poster. I have a collection of bad practices with regard to posting on the SDMB.

The one which has inspired me to start this thread is the following…

I tend to see a thread title or the first third of an OP and have formed not only my relevant contribution, but how I’m going to word it… before I finish fully absorbing the OP.

At about that point (third way through) I feel the impulse to get my contribution off my chest while it is fresh. I worry that if I give it too much time and finish reading the OP my contribution will become over-thought, and clouded by doubt and second-thought.

Which is ridiculous because most of what I post isn’t exactly inspirational or even unique… So why am I worrying about ruining something that’s allready bad at best? I would probably write better contributions if I did allow them to be thought-out … but my dominating impulsive side won’t let me.

That’s it I blame my dominating impulsive self… It’s not my fault it’s my fault.

Edit: Another bad habit… Not finishing off my OP…

edit 2: A third: I tend to avoid opening threads with large numbers of replies… thinking that I could not possibly add to what has already been said. And even if I do add something unique it will be lost/forgotten in the crowd of other replies. edit 3: And it would mean I’d have to **read all the other replies!!**

What are your bad habits (if you have any) and what are your ways to avoid the bad habits that may get mentioned after this OP?

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bad-habits/433307/2 "2008-01-12T18:13:03Z")

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I all too often _skim_ (and I do mean skim) longer threads to the last few posts, and if I feel like backtracking . . . then I do. Many times I’ll reply to something in those last few posts which sometimes are off in their own discussion, away from the OP.

I admit, I can’t keep up with who is who, and apply a personality to a post. Therefore, known crap from THE GRAPIST!(a known troll) may get the same attention from say, **Lobsang** or some other well known, coherent poster.

Maybe not a bad habit: I just don’t give a crap about some of the politics between posters. I don’t have the energy for it. If an on-board Pit/Debate session happens between two posters, I don’t care about _who_ is right, I care about _what_ is right. I have far too short time to spend giving a darn about the mentalities or backgrounds of posters. What you post is what I get.

Tripler  
I know, you’ve skimmed the first sentence of each of my paragraphs. S’okay.