Have you erased more than you posted?

Sahm · #1 01-05-2010, 07:24 AM

I don't how many times I'll write out a response on a thread, just to end up erasing it before I post it. Mostly I do that after I've read my snarky, sarcastic response and realized it's not worth the trouble. Other times, I can't quite come up with what I'm trying to say, and I'm sure someone's gonna reply with a better-worded, similar idea.

Just curious if we have a lot of preemptive editors, or more shoot-from-the-hip posters!

FromBeyond · #2 01-05-2010, 08:09 AM

I have the same you've described , only i usually realize it aint worth the trouble before i actually write the message

EricF · #3 01-05-2010, 10:44 AM

No carrots option. Poll is invalid.

My posts are carefully thought out and artfully crafted to convey my thoughts precisely as I intend them. Or, are random - likely drunken - babblings of a lonely man.

Sahm · #4 01-05-2010, 10:54 AM

Ok, I try to stay on top of web talk, but what is a carrot? Is it like leading someone into a meaningless argument? You can imagine that Googling it doesn't immediately come up with an answer!

MakiSupaStar · #5 01-05-2010, 11:02 AM

I probably should. But I don't. Carrots are necessary as an option for people who are easily distracted and forgot the question. Ooh look a shiny!

MatticusMania · #6 01-05-2010, 11:04 AM

Who here is offering carrots? I'm quite famished...

geeza · #7 01-05-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sahm

...but what is a carrot?

It's one of those long skinny orange vegetable things.

MatticusMania · #8 01-05-2010, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by geeza

It's one of those long skinny orange vegetable things.

Goes great in a stir fry!

MakiSupaStar · #9 01-05-2010, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by geeza

It's one of those long skinny orange vegetable things.

Sometimes it'll do too.

EricF · #10 01-05-2010, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sahm

Ok, I try to stay on top of web talk, but what is a carrot? Is it like leading someone into a meaningless argument? You can imagine that Googling it doesn't immediately come up with an answer!

You won't find your answer on Google. The Carrots Option is a TB phenomenon.

varunkapahi · #11 01-05-2010, 01:02 PM

its happening to me a lot more often now. i start typing and then i close the tab or something. sometimes i recall it to post a response

RWP · #12 01-05-2010, 02:59 PM

I do, then realize how many points it would generate. I go back and delete stuff too.

Munjibunga · #13 01-05-2010, 04:27 PM

Yes, I have almost 20,000 posts, but I've actually written over 70,000 ... naw, naw, naw. I'm usually pretty circumspect about what I post as I'm writing it, so I bail out very seldom. Two points in 20K ain't too bad.

MakiSupaStar · #14 01-05-2010, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Munjibunga

Yes, I have almost 20,000 posts, but I've actually written over 70,000 ... naw, naw, naw. I'm usually pretty circumspect about what I post as I'm writing it, so I bail out very seldom. Two points in 20K ain't too bad.

Pfft. Amateur. Get back to me when you hit 25k.

5StringBlues · #15 01-05-2010, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sahm

Ok, I try to stay on top of web talk, but what is a carrot? Is it like leading someone into a meaningless argument? You can imagine that Googling it doesn't immediately come up with an answer!

Oh carrots are divine, You get a dozen for a dime, It's magic...

They fry, a song begins, They roast and I hear violins, It's magic...

Why do I kid myself, Of the love that I have are all really few, When in my heart I know, the magic's my love for you! - Bugs Bunny,1951.

EricF · #16 01-05-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 5StringBlues

Oh carrots are divine, You get a dozen for a dime, It's magic...

They fry, a song begins, They roast and I hear violins, It's magic...

Why do I kid myself, Of the love that I have are all really few, When in my heart I know, the magic's my love for you! - Bugs Bunny,1951.

Nice!

Stanley Design · #17 01-05-2010, 05:52 PM

All the time. A lot of time I'll type out a huge post that takes me 10 or more minutes to write, then I'll just delete it and press back.

Chunk-O-Funk · #18 01-05-2010, 05:57 PM

I've erased ever post I've ever made. Not a single one exist. Including this one.

See..........
Poof, it's gone.

L-A · #19 01-05-2010, 06:06 PM

Yeah, I do that all the time.

Joe Nerve · #20 01-05-2010, 06:13 PM

I tend to be impulsive, so yes... I often go back. I still haven't gotten over the changing of the ability to delete our own threads. That changed talkbass BIGTIME for me, and it's one of the few (if not only) changes they made here that I still really disagree with. That decision I feel was based on an ego thing because people were upset that their precious words and thoughts might get deleted in a thread that someone else started. I never quite understood that one. People are afraid of having their posts deleted? This is harmful to someone? I used to be a lot more free with what I'd post and I imagine the same holds true for at least a handful of others. I think a lot more now before I open my... uh, keypad? Maybe that's a good thing? The unabridged Joe Nerve was a lot more colorful. There were many things over the past few of years that I'd have liked other people's input on, but not things that I'd want to be part of the internet for the rest of time. :/

PS. If anyone is on the same page w me regarding the above I'd bring it up again for discussion in the forum suggestion box, but when the change was originally made I was definitely the minority. Never felt like beating what seemed to be a dead horse.