[Closed] How much do you self moderate?

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quiet often, usually in the argumentative threads, start typing a reply then think i really can't be bothered with this.

Quite a bit tbh. Usually cos I'm very impulsive so need to check myself a fair bit, and sometimes cos on reflection something just isn't appropriate/fair/nice/necessary. Sometimes an initial reaction needs to be tempered with a bit of rational sense.

But generally I think in the right way so don't need to worry to much about upsetting folk as I'm just not at all offensive, really.

I carefully consider what I'm going to post, rarely do I delete what I've started to write

It's a case of engaging the brain before the fingers in my case

Don't lie or talk shite and you don't need to (might still get banned though 🙄 )

not at all 🙂 ever

Elfinsafety, I'm surprised by that response. I had you down as a stream of consciousness person.

Oh sometimes it is, particularly if I'm having a manic episode. In fact sometimes I'll read something back later, and think 'blimey'.

Some good stuff comes out then though. Well I think so anyway. Others might just think it gibberish but there you go.

Muppet are you a self harmer

I self-moderate my language [i]a lot[/i] on here, although it's something I struggle with. I guess I sometimes forget who the other punters are, eg, if I was having tea with the vicar I would have visual reminders to that effect. I also have to remind myself that [i]some[/i] people are surprisingly sensitive, so I will often tailor posts with that in mind. I never moderate my opinions though, although when I read stuff back, my posts often appear to be far more liberal than I thought I was. Luckily I type very very slowly, so I can moderate as I go along and rarely alter stuff just before posting.

I do this with depressing frequency. Usually on threads which provoke a strong response within me. Then I remeber the utter futility of trying to educate people* on the interwebs and delete the whole lot.

*Bring a twit round to my (obviously right) way of thinking.

I imagine that there's a phalanx of the PC Brigade patrolling the forum. After all, they're everywhere aren't they? So I moderate my posts accordingly. The swear filter is getting on my tits though. I can't even write that word that rhymes with deck and begins with "f". Jeez.

My missus, bless her, once commented that my naturally argumentative nature made me sound like a complete dick on the forums and that wasn't the lovely man she knows.

Since then I try to imagine reading my post aloud to her and then moderate it accordingly.

Since then I try to imagine reading my post aloud to her and then moderate it accordingly.

You need to try harder G 😛

If I had a girlfriend I imagine she might say that.

I reckon we all just need to get laid more.

Out of interest, how many self moderators are in relationships? We've been together for nearly 7 years and moderation is definitely necessary between people. Politeness is the lubricant between the grinding cogs of different opinion.

I'm quite relieved to hear others have comments that have never been read or voiced. I agree with a lot of the above! I'm sure there are many here who could benefit from a little self-mod 😀

Politeness is the lubricant between the grinding cogs of different opinion.

Nicely put. Noted for future use, if you don't mind of course!

Sometimes I do as the OP said and get half way though a post and delete it coz I CBA usually. Other times if it's a bit controversial I think **** it and hit the post button.

I plan every post with obsessive precision. I think the longest I've ever spent typing out a post was approximately 1 hr 17 mins.

Darcy - fleck?

I've got keyboard tourettes 🙂

Darcy - fleck?

Funnily, that's what I've been using. I can't believe that the word minus the [i]l[/i] has been banned - it was in Father Ted FFS 🙂

I assume you're offering me Free Full Suspension?

I self moderate all the time on here. 😯 Specially if I'm posting on Pinksofa at the same time! LOL

Oh, I thought that "self moderate" was a euphemism...

I'll leave now.

TSY, when are you leaving for South Wales? What time do you expect to be doing the Twrch (after the uplift)?

Erm.. I've rarely corrected or deleted anything. I'm by nature a self moderator and considerate kinda guy, or so I think. Therefore pre posting I tend to have some sort or theme or point to make, which goes somewhat to temper any major fauxpas or retaliation posts.

I also take into consideration that I don't know any of you, you're all just virtual typojockeys.

I do find it hard to restrain my enthusiasm though. Some topics make me want to keep posting (the architectural/arty/new bike/great rides/i'm doing my first epic event etc.) So I'll pull back, not wanting to take over the post with my rambling(s)

Darcy - I'm just packing the car now... I've given Molly my number and will text him in a bit... I reckon sometime between 4 and 5?

Rarely censor but sometimes delete a post

sometime between 4 and 5?

Ah, I've got park circuits at 6.30 so won't make it. 🙁

I do it all the time, otherwise the stream of consciousness that falls out of my BRANE scares even me.

I type very very slowly, so I can moderate as I go along

I do that when I think people I'm talking to can't read very fast.

Emsz - your task for the day, if you happen to be on pinksofa, is to see if you can suss out which one of my girly mates profiles was actually written by me 😀

I do try to self mod.

Sometimes I spend five minutes doing it.

Unfortunately, when I reread what I've edited so thoroughly and sent as a judged, intelligent opinion, I realise it's still utter tonk.

This post, for example, started out as a query about how to secure a fox to a ferris wheel.

The fox went first, said ferris wheel followed soon after.

Believe me, this post is way more intelligent, more considered, more strokey-strokey than my first one. What a rant that was!

cynic-al - Member
I reckon [b]I[/b] just need to get laid more.

I more often that not will write a reply to a thread and then think "what's the point?" and delete it.

I also correct spelling mistakes and such like, as I know that certain people can't resist picking up on spelling/gramatekal errors.

stumpy01 - I like your apostrophe in the word "what's..." Good job.

Wish I'd deleted this post.

Muppet are you a self harmer

I reckon returning to here day after day may constitute a level of self harm.

All the time, I often write out post, then just hit "back" on the grounds that no one cares. Probably would for this one as well, but since its a special occasion...

camo16 - Member
stumpy01 - I like your apostrophe in the word "what's..." Good job.

Confused as to whether you think it was an intentional mistake or not, and whether it is in fact a mistake or not? 🙂
It wasn't meant to be a hidden 'aren't I funny?' error. Just an abbreviation of 'what is', as in "what is (what's) the point?".
IMO "Whats the point?" would be incorrect.....

Hmmmm, shall I delete this post of hit send post.....hmmmmmm

All the time, I often write out post, then just hit "back" on the grounds that no one cares. Probably would for this one as well, but since its a special occasion...

sums me up aswell...

Confused as to whether you think it was an intentional mistake or not, and whether it is in fact a mistake or not?
It wasn't meant to be a hidden 'aren't I funny?' error. Just an abbreviation of 'what is', as in "what is (what's) the point?".
IMO "Whats the point?" would be incorrect.....

Hmmmm, shall I delete this post of hit send post.....hmmmmmm

Sorry. Of course it's not a mistake. Just thought that I'd balance the negativity of the grammar police with a bit of idiotic positivity. Bit silly, really. My bad. Apologies.

It's what happens (at least to me) the more I read these forums - I see a comment, I hurry to write something (not sure why, but it's better than working I guess), I click Send Post and then wonder: what the hell I was thinking?

< post-modern angst ensues >

@ camo16 - thanks for your idiotic positivity! It was much appreciated.

😀

Grammar Police; be gone!!

PS - did you like the use of my semi-colon there??!!

Rarely, only occasionally when I know it'll start an argument that I don't have time to fully explore.

stumpy01: a semi-colon is ALWAYS an inspired grammatical choice: it's sophisticated; stylish; and better than an em dash any day of the week!

Now, when can you use these: { } ?

my waking state can swing rapidly between somnambulistic and psychotic.. and I can also be emotional and impulsive.. so the majority of anything that I think or feel is ill-considered knee jerk nonsense or at best not even slightly interesting..

About 60% of my potential input to the forum ends up on the cutting room floor..

and I deliberate far too laboriously over the posts that make the grade.. TSYs 90 minute post construction would be considered impetuous and whimsical in comparison..

All the time, I often write out post, then just hit "back" on the grounds that no one cares. Probably would for this one as well, but since its a special occasion...

+1 for anything involving politics or religion, and doubly so if the thread has attracted the attention of TJ, Elfinsafety or Woppit. I have occasionally lapsed, but I try and remind myself that, as a lefty youth worker (who also happens to be a Christian), I have more effective platforms for spreading my malign influence in the world 😆

All together now in an Italian Job stylee if you please...
A 1, a 2, a 1.2.3..

This is a self modertaion society,
The self moderation society.

Go wash your German band and boat race too,
Comb your bonny fair, we've got a lot to do,
Put on your dickey bow and your Peckham Rye,
'Cos times soon hurrying by..

Get your skates on mate,
Get your skates on mate,
No bib around your Gregory Peck today,
Hey!
Drop your plates of neat,
Right upon the seat..

This is a self modertaion society,
The self moderation society.

Put on your almond rocks and daisy roots,
Brush your Hampstead Heath, wear your whistle and flute,
Lots of la-di-dahs and cockneys here,
Look alive and get in your gear,

Get your skates on mate,
Get your skates on mate,
No bib around your Gregory Peck today,
Hey!
Drop your plates of neat,
Right upon the seat..

This is a self modertaion society,
The self moderation society.

bikebouy: Moderation needed.

Drop your plates of neat,
Right upon the seat..

should read:

Drop your plates of meat,
Right upon the seat.

😆

Gaw blimey apples n pears on the old dog n bone strike a light guv'nor lawks a mercy and no mistake.

Stop!

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Carry On...

(Actually pic self-moderated for maybe being a bit too saucy for Teacher to cope with....)

Hyakhyakhyakhyak....

Harrrdy harrrr har..

I should have put in a limitless number of ...........'s and a repeat to fade just to get you all "nel modo" Just as the coach teeters on the edge of that ravine..
But that would mean I've over posted, lack of moderation, internal dichotomy, frontal labotomy, moderation typo sodomy.

All the time, I often write out post, then just hit "back" on the grounds that no one cares. Probably would for this one as well, but since its a special occasion...

Me too... I usually make a point of not posting on threads* where certain other users have posted. I don't want to get dragged into their nasty little world of attention-seeking vitriol.

*This is an exception - but I'm also recognising the special occasion.