Discussion Canceling or deleting comments

[TheGoodGuy]

I must have canceled or deleted close to a thousand comment on social media and forums just in the last few years, I can have written what I want to say and just before posting it I will just delete it or sometimes I will post it an after a couple of minutes regret it and delete it anyone else does this?

 

[LiveSlowDieFast]

Yeah, you're not alone with that. I remember seeing people talk about that on various depression related forums. :D

 

[TheGoodGuy]

Yeah, you're not alone with that. I remember seeing people talk about that on various depression related forums. :D

Pew good it isn´t just me I bet it´s because of lack of confidence and self-esteem or something like that. It doesn´t even have to be comments that are controversial by any means.

 

[BeHope]

Same here. I get anxious that I might offend someone (which admittedly isn't too rare) or come off as stupid. It's even worse when you can't delete once you've submitted.

 

[LiveSlowDieFast]

Pew good it isn´t just me I bet it´s because of lack of confidence and self-esteem or something like that. It doesn´t even have to be comments that are controversial by any means.

Yeah, I get what you mean. I think this lack of confidence leads to overanalysing your own comments and judging them way too hard. I do that too. Sometimes I try to write something funny or witty and then I read it back and I'm just like: "wth was I thinking, that's the unfunniest thing I've ever read"

 

[Jen Erik]

anyone else does this

Yeah, and I do it all the time on here as well. For me, a lot of it has to do with not wanting to engage further after leaving a comment and feeling like 'hit and run' commenting can be shitty in a lot of contexts so it's better for me to refrain.

 

[Jen Erik]

But I also compulsively overanalyze everything I write, and that's a problem for me.

 

[Lra888]

I must have canceled or deleted close to a thousand comment on social media and forums just in the last few years, I can have written what I want to say and just before posting it I will just delete it or sometimes I will post it an after a couple of minutes regret it and delete it anyone else does this?

Yes I overthink everything out of anxiousness. I stopped using facebook because I would post something and have anxiety about it all day. I also have anxiety before/after I send an email, text or message.

 

[NoOneKnows]

Yeah, and I do it all the time on here as well. For me, a lot of it has to do with not wanting to engage further after leaving a comment and feeling like 'hit and run' commenting can be shitty in a lot of contexts so it's better for me to refrain.

same here.. I dont wanna engage in long discussion ,simply can not much energy left, and I dont have the need to prove my point..

 

[Skathon]

I also sometimes create illustrations but usually discard them immediately after finishing.