I think of this as like reddit ptsd. People on lemmy have generally been unexpectedly level headed when disagreeing on things.
I only really started doing it here, but then again my posting habits completely changed too
Probably 95% of the time, honestly.
Almost every time, even when it’s something I’m a SME about. I just don’t want to play the popularity/karma game and deal with nonsense.
What is an SME?
Subject matter expert
Based on comments above - I’m confident SME stands for “Seinfeld Management Explainer”
Ah ok, thanks! Figured it had something to do with “expert” but I couldn’t figure it out.
I often will do this. At the end of writing a comment I ask myself “is my desire to comment satisfied by writing this comment, is it more about me writing it than other people reading it, is the response to the comment more likely to bring bain than joy?” The answers often lead me to just closing the comment page rather than posting it, and I feel fine about that.
I often type and then realize I’m not really adding anything to the discussion. Then I just discard it.
I can mindlessly reply no problem. But in the few times I’ve stopped myself from replying, I’ve asked, “will this post and potential replies bring me any value, be it educational, entertaining or similar?”
yea, same
That’s me when I’m tipsy and writing a cynic comment!
I find I start replies only to eventually abandon them as “just not worth it” more and more nowadays.
I almost always post the reply. But, if it’s “not worth it” I just put in very, very low effort. Keep responding, but make it clear you’re putting in very little effort. Like letting a boxer punch themselves out. Just laugh at how they keep going. It’s pretty entertaining sometimes.
I’ve been on the internet long enough I can have the entire argument with myself at this point. I’ve taken to just posting what I want and forgetting about it. They can’t all be bangers.
50% of the time, i comment every time.
Too many times.
50% of th…ah, fuck it.
Regularly. I probably don’t post more than 10-15% of the comments I type out
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.
Less here, way more often on Reddit. Here is nicer to have conversations.
No, it’s not!!!
Not as often as I should.
There are just so many important things that need to be said though, especially these days.
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…
