Maybe 30% of the time.
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And then there's those times when you wrote a reply that you realize kinda sucks or has an error and the person replies before you can fix/delete it!
"Santa doesn't exist!!"
Oh shit, they meant "Salma as in Salma Hayek."
Lurker here, wanted to chime in to say yeah, all the time. Everything's usually been said or will be said, so why bother. And arguing with strangers online rarely amounts to anything constructive. It seems a lot of people just aren't open to change or have their opinion/biases changed or challenged, though I'm hoping I'm wrong!
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Not often enough
Almost always lately, I don't even fini
Not worth the stress. I mostly only post now if my comment is helpful (like someone is asking a question and I know the answer) or I'm posting something positive. I learned not to get into it with folks. I do not post in political or news or opinionated areas, and mostly stopped reading them. Someone always has the opposite opinion, and instead of being kind about it, they snipe and snark (you're lucky if you get just that!)
I do it constantly on Lemmy and constantly in my inner voice throughout the day.
Yes
Very often, especially cause I don't want to stir shirt with my controversial takes, and can't be bothered to follow on lengthy arguments.
Maybe 1-2 times a day I start a comment, I average a comment a week.
I find it more common to do this for replies to my comments. I'm far more likely to post a first comment in a thread, but if someone has some disagreeing reply, the odds I'll say "fuck it, I don't care" is a lot, lot higher.
Most of the time while I'm writing a reply or comment it I think about how it benefits the user I'm responding to/what reponses I will get and how to minimize any confusion. Once those thoughts have entered my mind, I rarely click the button to post it.
I just don’t check replies to everything I write. I’m not trying to go back and forth for days. But ya, I delete quite a few drafts.
Sometimes
I almost always post the reply. But, if it's "not worth it" I just put in very, very low effort. Keep responding, but make it clear you're putting in very little effort. Like letting a boxer punch themselves out. Just laugh at how they keep going. It's pretty entertaining sometimes.
I find I start replies only to eventually abandon them as "just not worth it" more and more nowadays.
Way more if I'm on my phone and it's a bad autocorrect day.
8/10 replies
About 25% of the time I will start writing a comment only to find that I don’t think my argument is compelling enough, or otherwise is not something I feel makes a good point.
Mostly I type the way I speak, which tends to ramble a lot. One time forever ago someone on Reddit gave me shit and asked if I was not a native English speaker (aw, I sure do miss reddit!). Since then, I largely delete my comments because I'm sensitive about sounding wrong/stupid.
I should do it much more often
Probably 80% of the time
At least once a day.
Too many times.
Pretty much all the time, I'll write out really long diatribes, clearly explaining my position, backed up with research, and then
Not often enough.