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TBH, about 2/3 of the commentary I write gets the cancel or back button. That's most of it.

A lot of the time I get to the end of writing a good long comment, only to read it back and think to myself "you know what, nobody gives a shit." Or "I don't actually give a shit." And this one "shut up turret, you don't even really know what the hell you're talking about."

TBH, about 2/3 of the commentary I write gets the cancel or back button. That's most of it. A lot of the time I get to the end of writing a good long comment, only to read it back and think to myself "you know what, nobody gives a shit." Or "I don't actually give a shit." And this one "shut up turret, you don't even really know what the hell you're talking about."

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[–] • 6 pts

Yes and fairly often. Each time it is pretty much the same sequence of events leading to canceling as you outlined as well. I also started cutting and pasting my comment into a blank text document instead of just deleting it. Not every one, but some of them. If I feel like I still want to make that comment after an hour or the next morning, then it's there. If not, it gets erased. Nearly all end up getting erased.

[–] • 1 pt

I do the same thing for email/correspondence to protect against auto-logouts and also to refine prose. Good point.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I ought to try that and see what happens.

[–] • 1 pt

I know AOU has that draft feature that people can use and just hit that under the comment to save it on-site, but I prefer to keep as much as I can local.

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Yeah I'd probably keep it local as well, since another reason I bail on a comments is that it contains too much personal info. It's like damn, I really want to tell some stories.. but they're just too specific; would lead to a dox. Wouldn't want to keep them stored as draft online, either.