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.
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like 60% of time, sometimes because I think 'Maybe I'm wrong' sometimes because I think 'If I start an argument I'll have to reply or else It's gonna be a lame start by me', so If I reply I must reply, and I'm lazy so I end up thinking I better keep my word to myself.
I should do it much more often
Too many times.
8/10 replies
Not this time.
So often
It is usually not worth the argument if your goal is to persuade the person you are arguing with but it could be useful for persuading others that arent directly involved. If others have already taken a baseball bat to this person's argument or worst case scenario, it turns out the comment section very thoroughly agrees with them and shows no signs that they can be reasoned with, I won't bother.
That is what I do almost exclusively on Twitter - nobody is there for thoughtful and meaningful discussion, it's all propaganda and robots.
All the time If my reply contains an opinion, whether on politics, tech, or cheese, someone will attack.
Less often than I really should.
Like 85% of the time
Quite a lot. Im not going to change anyone's mind.
Not as often as I should.
There are just so many important things that need to be said though, especially these days.
Regularly. I probably don't post more than 10-15% of the comments I type out
I've gotten pretty good at not writing them to begin with these days, usually. Sometimes I want to argue and fight <_<
Well I think... Never mind
Never, the argument is always worth it. I mostly got time to call someone out on their bullshit/bad joke/ misinformation post
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...