Halceon comments on The True Rejection Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Halceon 30 June 2011 02:15:37PM 0 points [-]

I wouldn't necessarily call "Why?" as presenting a choice, but point taken. I guess my real reason why I began not deleting everything is that I've lost a lot of my early writing and regret doing so. What I wrote above still occasionally applies.

Why do you delete everything?

Comment author: MixedNuts 30 June 2011 02:23:52PM *  1 point [-]

Huh, I might have been unclear. I was explaining why I changed my mind to agree with you, not criticizing you!

I deleted everything because after working on something for long enough, I start hating it and seeing the flaws in it and being ashamed of it and hating my past self for wanting to show it to everyone. I hear this is normal, so when in doubt I wait a few months then reread... and it looks even worse.