Please only select one option closest to what you think is how often you write a comment and then not submit it.
Also, being from a conservative Texas town, I tend to have knee jerk reactions to more "liberal" stories and tend to want to blurt things out like "screw the poor people, it's all their fault". I don't really mean this, it just comes out from my upbringing. I usually delete those, unless I'm just really angry or have an insight as to why people feel that way in such-and-such a circumstance.
1. In a debate, I am refuting/counter-pointing the prior argument, but otherwise not moving the debate forward. I sometimes have to remind myself that on-line debates are not the same as verbal debates. If you say something, then I refute what you're saying, but someone in the audience doesn't hear/understand, then there is value in repeating myself. However, on-line the discussion remains for any interested party to review. Almost always a simple point->counterpoint->rebuttal discussion is sufficient.
2. I realize that I'd rather keep my opinions to myself. I have this odd feeling with on-line forums that I'm occasionally shouting into the wind. In person, a discussion/debate serves to strengthen a interpersonal bond. On-line, where identity is less defined and quite often others could care less who's saying what, my contributions to the debate serve the debate, not myself. I realize its selfish, but it's also a subtle reminder that I should probably be channeling my energies into something that I can hold up at some point in the future and identify as "my work".
1. In a debate, I am refuting/counter-pointing the prior argument, but otherwise not moving the debate forward. I sometimes have to remind myself that on-line debates are not the same as verbal debates. If you say something, then I refute what you're saying, but someone in the audience doesn't hear/understand, then there is value in repeating myself. However, on-line the discussion remains for any interested party to review. Almost always a simple point->counterpoint->rebuttal discussion is sufficient.
2. I realize that I'd rather keep my opinions to myself. I have this odd feeling with on-line forums that I'm occasionally shouting into the wind. In person, a discussion/debate serves to strengthen a interpersonal bond. On-line, where identity is less defined and quite often others could care less who's saying what, my contributions to the debate serve the debate, not myself. I realize its selfish, but it's also a subtle reminder that I should probably be channeling my energies into something that I can hold up at some point in the future and identify as "my work".
Or if I'm angry, that's always a good reason not to post :)
Unfortunately, at only 20%, I'm really good at removing doubt. : )