I just deleted an entire essay on my thoughts about this subject, because I figured tl;dr is an issue for many people. I do worry about the quality of some of my posts, and the lack of succinctness, proper formatting and grammar; I know those are ‘turn offs’ for some people. I’m neither a scientist nor a journalist, so I wonder sometimes what I’m doing here besides failing at being both.
Anytime I post in public, I go through a sometimes horrible sequence of thoughts and emotions, worrying about how it will be received. Most of the time it’s pretty anti-climactic though, and the responses I do get seem to ignore or miss what I feel are some of the most important points. It’s DEF not a chan, and not a Peer-Reviewed Journal, but somewhere in the middle and I figure I″m still trying to get my footing.
I’ve already spent a fair amount of time posting anonymously because I wanted to test out some of my ideas and thinking before I wanted to take credit for them. Problem is, other people were posting about the same ideas using their real names. So I’m attempting to make the switch to taking responsibility for my thoughts and opinions while I work on trying to develop my concepts and ideas. In imitation—I like to think - of SpaceX’s approach to prototyping Starship, I’m launching post after post, full well expecting most of them to fall to the earth in flames, until that first one lands. Then I’ll build on top of it. Wish I had a several billion dollars to help though.
I also often delete comments, and occasionally posts. I think it’s interesting that you and I seem to delete, rather than save/draft/improve, this written material.
Part of my motivation for deleting is recognizing constraints on my time. It takes more willpower not to write than to write, and I’m in danger of sacrificing too much time if I don’t keep the reigns on it.
I find that I can usually explain my ideas better in conversation than I can in writing, although once in a while I do impress myself. Mostly it’s because I get feedback during the discussion which allows me to clarify confusing points, although I can be long winded.
Mostly though, I think I have to be in the mood to edit—I can write quite a bit as I’m intelligent—but I have untreated ADD, so while I can join lots of ideas together in a smart fashion, it’s the adjusting of the timing and fit of various thoughts and progression of ideas that takes more effort than I can manage most of the time.
I just deleted an entire essay on my thoughts about this subject, because I figured tl;dr is an issue for many people. I do worry about the quality of some of my posts, and the lack of succinctness, proper formatting and grammar; I know those are ‘turn offs’ for some people. I’m neither a scientist nor a journalist, so I wonder sometimes what I’m doing here besides failing at being both.
Anytime I post in public, I go through a sometimes horrible sequence of thoughts and emotions, worrying about how it will be received. Most of the time it’s pretty anti-climactic though, and the responses I do get seem to ignore or miss what I feel are some of the most important points. It’s DEF not a chan, and not a Peer-Reviewed Journal, but somewhere in the middle and I figure I″m still trying to get my footing.
I’ve already spent a fair amount of time posting anonymously because I wanted to test out some of my ideas and thinking before I wanted to take credit for them. Problem is, other people were posting about the same ideas using their real names. So I’m attempting to make the switch to taking responsibility for my thoughts and opinions while I work on trying to develop my concepts and ideas. In imitation—I like to think - of SpaceX’s approach to prototyping Starship, I’m launching post after post, full well expecting most of them to fall to the earth in flames, until that first one lands. Then I’ll build on top of it. Wish I had a several billion dollars to help though.
Me too, at first. It has become less of an issue over time.
I also often delete comments, and occasionally posts. I think it’s interesting that you and I seem to delete, rather than save/draft/improve, this written material.
Part of my motivation for deleting is recognizing constraints on my time. It takes more willpower not to write than to write, and I’m in danger of sacrificing too much time if I don’t keep the reigns on it.
I find that I can usually explain my ideas better in conversation than I can in writing, although once in a while I do impress myself. Mostly it’s because I get feedback during the discussion which allows me to clarify confusing points, although I can be long winded.
Mostly though, I think I have to be in the mood to edit—I can write quite a bit as I’m intelligent—but I have untreated ADD, so while I can join lots of ideas together in a smart fashion, it’s the adjusting of the timing and fit of various thoughts and progression of ideas that takes more effort than I can manage most of the time.
So I just delete it. It is a shame I think.