I should do it much more often
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So often
Often enough, which I view as a flaw from myself.
I often delete my comments while repeating to myself the mantra of the wiseman on the mountain.
Good question.
not an answer
Mostly I type the way I speak, which tends to ramble a lot. One time forever ago someone on Reddit gave me shit and asked if I was not a native English speaker (aw, I sure do miss reddit!). Since then, I largely delete my comments because I'm sensitive about sounding wrong/stupid.
I've gotten pretty good at not writing them to begin with these days, usually. Sometimes I want to argue and fight <_<
It is usually not worth the argument if your goal is to persuade the person you are arguing with but it could be useful for persuading others that arent directly involved. If others have already taken a baseball bat to this person's argument or worst case scenario, it turns out the comment section very thoroughly agrees with them and shows no signs that they can be reasoned with, I won't bother.
That is what I do almost exclusively on Twitter - nobody is there for thoughtful and meaningful discussion, it's all propaganda and robots.
Less often than I really should.
Quite a lot. Im not going to change anyone's mind.
Like 85% of the time
All the time If my reply contains an opinion, whether on politics, tech, or cheese, someone will attack.
Regularly. I probably don't post more than 10-15% of the comments I type out
Not as often as I should.
There are just so many important things that need to be said though, especially these days.
Well I think... Never mind
Never, the argument is always worth it. I mostly got time to call someone out on their bullshit/bad joke/ misinformation post
A lot. I more conservative and vote Republican, so you can imagine the shit I have to read every day on Lemmy and Reddit...it's like a 24/7 hate fest for the Right. So, when I start to respond to something negative about Republicans..I just say forget...I'll just be down voted to hell, banned, cussed at...etc...