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I have come to the realisation that I am not alone in the way I post without posting. This may cause you to scratch your head and ask the question.
"What is posting without posting?"
Whenever I read a thread and there is a lot of information or misinformation that makes my blood boil I tend to get a reply to the thread or poster ready to go.
I can spend anywhere form 10 seconds to 10 minutes writing out a post that will let people know of my true feelings on the subject (judgement clouded by the boiling blood in my veins.) It feels great to be hammering these thoughts out into actual characters on a screen as I get ready to end the post and let loose this rage! I decide to re-read what I just wrote out and make sure there are no newbie spelling mistakes that can get me flamed. As I carefully go through this post I am digesting my words that have released the fury inside of me. By time I get to the end of the proof read I have had time to digest what I just wrote out and the logical side of my brain starts to take over and tells me...
Example of what people may look like just before the calm side of the mind takes over.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/g5Rb0.jpg)
"Why the fuck would you post that?" (not exact words, but close).
I take a minute or two staring at the screen with my mouse hovering over the post button and then I make the snap call and move the mouse to the back button or to a new thread on the sidebar. I feel much better at relieving myself of the rage that built up reading the posts that got me into the mood in the first place.
I then continue to browse TL like nothing has happened, in my happy state of mind.
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Has anyone else had this experience or posting practice? How many posts on TL never get posted?
P.S: Yes I know a few of them get through my logical calm side of the brain and get posted(my posting history is not squeeky clean) but I have a feeling a lot are stopped. (No I did not proof read this one because it is my blog!)
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Hungary11291 Posts
As a statement of support, nobody should post his reply to this blog (but write it out!)
But yeah, I do that mostly on opinion pieces where I am unsure if my opinion is even needed.
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Many SC2 bashing posts by me never get posted, yet I post one or another and then I get banned for that.
Its just better to not post a rage post, just ignore it.
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Yeah I know the feeling, happens to me quite a bit. I think it's a good thing because i don't like post whoring and NOT shitting up Teamliquid with pointless or derailing posts is a good thing for all of us. It's even in the 10 commendments I think, in fact I'm going to look this up as soon as I've finished writing this.
Everyone who aspires to be a great poster here needs to do it as far as I'm concerned
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Idra could have used you perched on his shoulder a couple days ago
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heh, you have no idea how often I do that. I haven't done it lately so much, but that is definitely something I have made quite a habit of doing. Most of the time though, I get rid of posts simply because I have nothing reasonable to contribute or because what I was going to say was just straight up dumb. Only once or twice have I had to get rid of a rage post before I let it get out of my hands 
In fact, this is the like, 5th rendition of this post lol
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I do this so often, to the point that I don't really post much any more except in selected threads.
Most of the time, it's just not worth it...
A not-so-nice quote...
Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if you win youre still retarded.
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United Kingdom31255 Posts
I always did this but since i started to LR I seem to have stopped doing it but in general it is always good practice to do.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
Mostly in SC2 and sometimes general threads, I post, (or I refrain to at the last second ).
And then think
Why the fuck am I posting this, noone is going to read it anyway, it will be drowned in a sea of other comments.
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It happens to me all the time, especially in the non BW forums. I start typing a post, then think "do I really want to get into that argument?". I mean if you want to argue correctly, you'd better read the 20 pages of arguments that have already been used, be ready to argue further with people who will disagree etc. I usually just close the browser tab haha.
That's the reason I am mostly inactive in the General forum.
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Ha, we were talking about this on the weekend! I do wayyyy more type and delete posts than post-posts...
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Calgary25980 Posts
Yes, ~30% of my posts are never posted, with a few per week also being deleted after being posted.
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This is the reason why I have all SC2 tabs closed except SC2 general.
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I often times write out replies, then just say "fuck" and go back. And I still haven't escaped the banhammer as much as I would have liked to  .
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Yes, I do that very often. In fact, I wrote a lengthy reply to this thread and ended up replacing it with this because I wasn't happy with what I wrote. It's pretty annoying. D:
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On May 10 2011 07:20 endy wrote:
It happens to me all the time, especially in the non BW forums. I start typing a post, then think "do I really want to get into that argument?". I mean if you want to argue correctly, you'd better read the 20 pages of arguments that have already been used, be ready to argue further with people who will disagree etc. I usually just close the browser tab haha.
That's the reason I am mostly inactive in the General forum.
... And when you finally went trough the 20 pages and have a good reply you realize the thread is another 3 pages longer>.<
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i think we could all benefit from sitting back and asking ourself these questions a little more
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Very interesting to see how many people actually do this. I don't have a specific area of the forum I avoid like the plague, well maybe the SC2 strategy forum because I just don't read any of it at all. During my day @ work I will stay in the blogs, closed threads and website feedback for the most part.
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I do this on a semi-regular basis, and it seems to work, I haven't quite managed to cross any lines yet. It's kind of difficult sometimes, to try and find the wording to express my disdain without going too far.
Another good trick is to find someone else who's been beating their head against the same brick wall of a poster, and PM them to get in a giggle about the person.
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