have you ever not posted a discussion

i post discussions when ive got something to say, vent, research.. ive an inquiring mind afterall. if what i write is too long for some.. so be it, im not looking for popularity points, and this is a great place to get out yer thoughts and get others relatively unbiased input on them. i also dont skim peoples discussions and then reply. if what im reading doesnt keep my attentions enough to actually read it.. i dont bother to respond either.

I nowadays have become less frequent over here, but when I was more active, I used to post discussions just based on what my query was and did not care what length I needed to achieve that. I also post full-length responses wherever I feel that detailed explanations are necessary. Somehow I feel that if you're descriptive in what you write, it will help people understand your point better and thus respond or comment better to your discussion or response respectively. But nowadays, I also have this feeling that people aren't returning back to the discussions they're starting, and posting fewer comments to the responses they get. I don't know, but that can be a bit of a dampener. It always helps if you see the thoughtful comments of the thread-starter next to your response. But all this also has a criterion behind it. That criterion is that your discussion should be interesting and your sentences must be understandable. I've seen quite a few users here with a horrible sense of English and needless to say, their posted discussions or responses haven't been such an eye-candy. Also there are a few similar questions which are posed every now and then by different users. People won't feel motivated to answer these types of redundant questions. In general, I feel that people now have even less spare time in these recession-hit times and are prone to be less patient when it comes to being descriptive. Cheers.

i remember,i oonce didnot post a discussion as i didnot have any question,just i was ranting about my days rantings.i thought it was not approriate to start a discussion,which doesnt have a question.my thinking now has changed,i know my friends are eager to see my discussions(whatever the content is)

It depends, there are too many factors effect.

I don't write too long usually and when I read other's discussions which are long they heave to get me interested in the first part otherwise I skim through to see if actually there is something interesting.

I respond too long I think. I just have things to say to the things that intrest me and run off at the fingers. Maybe it's because I'm new. I don't mind long reads as long as they are things that catch my intrest. I do mind the ones that make no sense, no matter how long or short they are.