Is it normal for people to regret what they said on here? Because I tend not to change my mind from downvotes and dumb responses. I do block people though
My only regrets are having to read stupid responses that completely missed the point of what I said because they want to argue with what they think I said.
Occasionally I learn something new from responses, which changes my perspective.
I agree - A lot of people seem so prepared for someone to disagree with them that they seem to misfire on people they agree with. I try to avoid this by starting my comments with βI agreeβ π β¦ though even then some people still get confused π«
What are you talking about? Youβre way off base, and completely unreasonable. Itβs so typical of you people that I have a generalized baseless belief of. What about this other person that has nothing to do with this? Do you agree with them, too? I bet you also hate soldiers defending our country, and probably kittens too.
Downvotes sometimes make me want to clarify what I wrote on the assumption that it got misinterpreted.
Has that ever worked for you?
I do it a lot and canβt think of a single time it worked.
I mean well, and I want to have hope for the future, but Iβm depressed and have untreated ADHD and a desperate need for therapy, and I do worry that Iβm letting all that influence how I talk to strangers online.
Iβm probably too harsh sometimes, or not harsh enough, or dumb, or stupid, etc, more often than Iβd like.
So yeah, I generally regret or worry over everything I say to everyone at some point or another. I suck xD But Iβm too lonely to switch off and not talk to anyone entirely, so here we are.
I donβt want to deal with arguing especially since half the responses clearly only read the first sentence of my comment. I donβt have the energy for it. So Iβm on an instance with downvotes disabled and rarely check my inbox.
If people like my contribution they can upvote, if they donβt like it they can downvote or argue back, but I donβt have the energy to give to that, so I probably wonβt see it.
My own experience with this was posting a shower thoughts thread while quite inebriated, forgetting Iβd done it then waking up with a fairly full inbox so nothing controversial or argumentative.
My experience is that I reply to a lot of things, and post very few, and in no case do I have even a vague notion about how many comments what I write will generate. I can guess the vector magnitude of up/down votes, but never the amount of interaction, where people take time to reply.
