What is your posting routine?

**Arra** · 08-06-2011 09:00 AM

When you make a new post, do you read it over before clicking submit? How many times do you read your own post? Or do you just write it and submit it as it is? How long do you spend on your posts?

I've been wondering what other people do. I suspect I take way more time than most people on making posts. I read my posts over maybe 3 times or so in the middle of writing them for a post the length of this one, and then I read it all again at the end. Then I usually read it again after it's been posted to see what it looks like, and edit it again if I find mistakes or anything I'd like worded differently.

**Erii** · 08-06-2011 09:07 AM

I usually read it after i post, sometimes not, but if i make a post i am especially proud of i go back and read it and find mistakes etc.
or if i get a like on a post i always go back to it xD

**Seroquel** · 08-06-2011 09:18 AM

I choose my words very carefully and rarely have to edit. I HATE when I have the message at the bottom saying that I've edited. Usually when that happens I delete it and post it again. Serious.

I try to put my personality into every post. I'm also a crazy perfectionist.

**Arra** · 08-06-2011 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by Seroquel

I HATE when I have the message at the bottom saying that I've edited.

Me too. I try to edit it quickly so that doesn't happen.

**~~DeletePlease~~** · 08-06-2011 09:31 AM

I try to avoid the edit message as well but I usually make typos or leave out entire words while I'm typing and don't realize it even after I've reread my post. It isn't until I hit submit that I catch the mistake but by then I've already desecrated my post with that blasphemous edit message.

**Dthoughts** · 08-06-2011 02:38 PM

I write something. Wander off, write some more shit. Then i forget what i was writing. Then i delete everything i just wrote and start over to write what i ACTUALLY wanted to write. Then i read it, find mistakes. Fix it. Read it over. Forget what i'm doing . Stare at my screen for 10 mins. Read it over again. Post it. Then read it over, then i edit it. Post done.

And it feels great to edit inb4 the edit message.

**tommo** · 08-06-2011 02:53 PM

So weird. I was just thinking before about deleting a post and posting it again to get rid of the edit message. Not because I wanted to do it. Was just thinking about it for no reason in particular lol Also weird that some people actually do it lol

Yeah I usually read it a few times over and after I've posted as well.
Unless I'm drunk. Then 90% of the time I just hit submit and hope for the best.

**Puffin** · 08-06-2011 03:33 PM

I usually type up the whole thing, then submit it after briefly checking it over. 20% of times I end up wanting to edit it right away, before I get the edit message with it. But a few times I do end up getting it. |D

**Solarflare** · 08-06-2011 03:53 PM

i write it then post it

EDIT: (lol you all hate edits)

i usually have what i want to type in my mind before typing it

**HeavySleeper** · 08-06-2011 04:08 PM

i rairleh maik mistaekz wiht mah speling coz i r vareh cerfil.

Seriously though, I am very careful with my spelling and stuff. I usually type out a sentence or two, read over it and then go back and change it because I don't think it's right. It's sometimes quite difficult for me to express myself in posts, kind of like when I'm talking to someone. I sometimes struggle to find the right words and wonder if I've typed out my sentences in the right order. I also read over the post whilst I'm typing it and once or twice before I submit it. Funny or not so serious posts aren't a problem. It's usually only a few words, so I don't have to bother so much about them.

And just like a few other people here, I hate the bloody edit message!

**ty4TheAdventure** · 08-06-2011 04:19 PM

I usually don't revise it. I just type it up and then post it. That's why my looooooooong posts usually have errors hahaha!

Sometimes I do read over it if I wanna make sure all my thoughts are clear. Long posts usually come from me having lots of thoughts bubbling up and I type it all down as the thoughts come, but sometimes it isn't organized or well structured and I have to edit it myself.

But example, this post - no revision or edits

Superlong article length posts - maybe if I know my ideas were laid out sporadically.

**Raspberry** · 08-06-2011 04:41 PM

I just type whatever the fuck comes into my head, read it over as I type (har har doing that right now although when this is posted it will be in the past but right now that's in the future but for you it's in the past).

I also hate the edit message

I just try and edit as quickly as possible.

**Somniloquist** · 08-06-2011 08:09 PM

I'm kind of a perfectionist too. I reread my posts a couple times before posting and make a few tweaks here and there, preview them, post and reread them, etc.

I hate having to edit after posting because I feel like someone is going to read my post before it's edited, and then come back later and see the edits, and ask me why I made those specific edits.

**Puffin** · 08-06-2011 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Somniloquist

I hate having to edit after posting because I feel like someone is going to read my post before it's edited, and then come back later and see the edits, and ask me why I made those specific edits.

Same. It's also a bit awkward when someone is quoting and replying to an earlier version of a post that I want to edit, but once I finish editing it, they've posted with the previous version quoted.

**ninja9578** · 08-06-2011 08:23 PM

depends on what the post is. if it's got long complicated thoughts, then i go back and touch it up. if it's somethnig ive said over and over and over again, like anytthing I post in on topic, im confident that ive said it right without looking at it because i know the information inside and out. somethnig im posting new needs to be cirtiqued. things that have no real importance i just let stream right from my brain onto the page.

**Burke** · 08-06-2011 08:24 PM

i write it, click submit, then skim over it afterwards. Though now my "a" key doesnt feel like working on the first hit so i have to be sure to look at the screen when im typing which can give my backspace button quite a workout (and the equals button cause i always hit that by accident)

**Original Poster** · 08-06-2011 08:51 PM

I am Edit King. Fear Me.

**Marvo** · 08-06-2011 08:55 PM

I don't see the problem with having an "edited" marker at the bottom of your post. If you edit it immediately after posting/delete it and post again, you've essentially still edited it, you're just hiding it from the people, which really is quite pathetic.

**Savy** · 08-06-2011 10:10 PM

I don't care about getting the edit message, but I usually read over my posts several times before posting them.
I rarely post unless I really feel like I have something to say, otherwise I'll just lurk. I guess that's probably why my post count is so low.
Sometimes, if I'm tired especially, I'll just post something quickly without caring, but that isn't often.

GPOY

**Replicon** · 08-06-2011 11:29 PM

I start typing in the quick reply box, and if it's anything other than a quick one-liner, I'll "go advanced" and go through the preview at least once before posting.

**Ilumirath** · 08-07-2011 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by Seroquel

I choose my words very carefully and rarely have to edit. I HATE when I have the message at the bottom saying that I've edited. Usually when that happens I delete it and post it again. Serious.

I try to put my personality into every post. I'm also a crazy perfectionist.

Wow.

I read it again after I writed it if it's a few lines long, and preview it and stuff

**JussiKala** · 08-07-2011 10:21 AM

Depends on what I type, entirely. Can go from chat like discussion where I don't inspect anything into full fledged articles that take up 3000 pixels of height that I read through at least 10 times.