I've gotten better, over time, at typing my heated, emotional response to someone online and then hitting Cancel or the back button and not posting.
Sometimes I do hit the Reply button though. I still have room for self-improvement. :-)
Sometimes I do hit the Reply button though. I still have room for self-improvement. :-)
My new mantra is the saying, "not my circus, not my monkeys".
1. Slowly improving in checking for typos
2. Reading something after a break helps framing my point better and helps remove the heated emotion from the text
3. I also don't save the comment, so I have to spend time searching for it. This further helps in filtering the topics that I don't care about
4. Using services while not logged in, basically be a lurker
For about 6 months after, I thought I would reactivate and jump back in but it's been years now and I'm 100% sure it was a life improvement.
Improvement takes time.
We certainly need more and better role models.