I could relate to many of the reasons given in the post. Perhaps the biggest point for me is that writing on the forum often to takes me much longer than usual, as I seem to make myself write in a different style to what I use elsewhere (this also often leads me to spend almost as long editing any comments as I do writing them...). Additionally, I never feel good, and often feel rather embarrassed/silly, after having posted (admittedly few, and mostly link posts) or commented, regardless of how they are received. I’m not really sure why I experience this, but suspect it is a combination imposter syndrome with nervousness about my posts/comments being voted on. I mostly write on another forum where I don’t get this feeling; perhaps I should write more shortform here as that format is more similar to posts on the other forum which uses the Discourse platform.
I could relate to many of the reasons given in the post. Perhaps the biggest point for me is that writing on the forum often to takes me much longer than usual, as I seem to make myself write in a different style to what I use elsewhere (this also often leads me to spend almost as long editing any comments as I do writing them...). Additionally, I never feel good, and often feel rather embarrassed/silly, after having posted (admittedly few, and mostly link posts) or commented, regardless of how they are received. I’m not really sure why I experience this, but suspect it is a combination imposter syndrome with nervousness about my posts/comments being voted on. I mostly write on another forum where I don’t get this feeling; perhaps I should write more shortform here as that format is more similar to posts on the other forum which uses the Discourse platform.