2013-05-01, 05:15 PM
Curtiss Wrote:I would think that's the reason why I also +1'ed it since that's something I pretty much do for all my congratulatory posts whether it's the potential thread, the level up thread or the achievement thread. Sometimes I don't know what to say, sometimes I'm just +1'ing because it's impressive and maybe sometimes I just find it funny since I don't respond to every single thing I +1/-1 for.
Just so you know I don't think saying only 'Congratulations!' is very much better, it's literally one word and I wouldn't even have said anything if the post wasn't somewhat ironic what with Pink Bean defeating Pink Bean which was almost the same case as mine. Self-centred? Maybe, but you can't say that I didn't acknowledge the defeat on its own as I was pretty much saying "Yes, that is technical suicide and I thought the same when I helped my friend who fancies himself as Pink Bean do it. Also, we had a good laugh camping for the last few minutes".
After all this is about experience; I simply don't comment if I don't find anything remarkable about it or if I don't relate in some way just like I don't +1 or -1 every little thing even if I have opinions about it since I want it to actually count but you did remind me that I have a PB run to try this week so maybe I can make that all about me.
(Anyhow, in spite of my counter-argument and sarcasm I'll do this less because I don't like being thought of as not contributing much even if it doesn't break any rules. Just give me some time to improve on it. :c)
Another way to think about it: you used "I" pronouns 23 times in this quoted post. Not including other personal pronoun forms "me" or "my."
It really boils down to absolutely relevance. Yes, your posts are usually relevant in that they're responding on the same subject, but - and this is the crux of the issue - they're usually not relevant to even mention. In other words, worthwhile. We're glad you also have a fond memory of a Pink Bean run, but was it worth the minute and bandwidth space in posting? Is it adding to the discussion in any engaging way, or it just a side-thought best reserved for instant chat forms where such comments normally exist?
At the end of the day it's about editing your comments before you make them - as in, making the judgment call as to whether or not the post you're about to make will actually contribute to the conversation, or merely add a tangential quip that will likely be scrolled past by the majority reading the thread. And heck, even editing them before you post them (this goes for everyone), because, for example, in your quoted post you make a lot of common sense/captain obvious comments that aren't even necessary to write, such as:
Curtiss Wrote:Sometimes I don't know what to say, sometimes I'm just +1'ing because it's impressive and maybe sometimes I just find it funny since I don't respond to every single thing I +1/-1 for.
That's the point of the system, you don't have to reiterate it.
Curtiss Wrote:Just so you know I don't think saying only 'Congratulations!' is very much better, it's literally one word
Duh, common sense, don't have to reiterate it.
Curtiss Wrote:and I wouldn't even have said anything if the post wasn't somewhat ironic what with Pink Bean defeating Pink Bean which was almost the same case as mine.
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Curtiss Wrote:I simply don't comment if I don't find anything remarkable about it or if I don't relate in some way just like I don't +1 or -1 every little thing even if I have opinions about it since I want it to actually count
Both reiterating what you said two paragraphs before and explaining the obvious about the system.
And so on.
tl;dr, to EVERYONE: lern2edit