Why I delete my own entries or comments..
Aug. 5th, 2008 10:44 pmThis may or may not be stating the obvious, but it occurs to me that what is obvious to me may not be for anyone else.
I delete entries because often upon re-reading, I suddenly realize that what I wrote can be interpreted in a way that I never in a million years intended. Often in a way that makes me feel like a complete troll after I've re-read it.( This happened to me a lot on discussion boards, where I couldn't delete, and often spent several hours stressing over the responses I'd get. The nice thing about BC&S board was it was busy and never archived, so I knew the post would be gone within a few hours. ATPO? It was there forever...unless the board master and mama took pity on me or felt it was spoilery or nasty enough to warrant deletion (ie - caused an ensuing flame war that crashed the board - which actually seldom if ever happened.))
Does anyone else do or feel like this, I wonder?
I delete entries because often upon re-reading, I suddenly realize that what I wrote can be interpreted in a way that I never in a million years intended. Often in a way that makes me feel like a complete troll after I've re-read it.( This happened to me a lot on discussion boards, where I couldn't delete, and often spent several hours stressing over the responses I'd get. The nice thing about BC&S board was it was busy and never archived, so I knew the post would be gone within a few hours. ATPO? It was there forever...unless the board master and mama took pity on me or felt it was spoilery or nasty enough to warrant deletion (ie - caused an ensuing flame war that crashed the board - which actually seldom if ever happened.))
Does anyone else do or feel like this, I wonder?