I think the amount of time you've put into considering it, the length of what you have to say about it, and the quality of that quantity.

Interesting, I'm more of a short-but-sweet writer. High information density. Not that I don't enjoy your long post, to the contrary, it's just a different approach I have. If I want to produce quality, I take a long time refining my sentences and word structure. For example, I cared a lot about a proper response to kleinbl00 since I know he's good at spotting my bullshit. That post took me more than an hour to refine, to comprise the incoherent thoughts I have into a logical story.

Thus I find it quite difficult to respond as lengthy as you do. So I'll just respond to the parts of your post that stood out to me, as above.

Yes, sometimes I leave one-line replies and honestly sometimes that's all that's warranted - but most of the time I try to give more and I try to give a lot of thought to responses.

I don't think we should try to eliminate the one-line response. There should be room for some less serious responses. Only when it becomes a common sight and not an exception is it something bad.

For links - I read stories before I decide to share them.

Isn't that what everyone does? My flow is always article -> comments ( -> respond) -> share. Just headline reading shouldn't warrant a share, I think.

As a result I mostly post questions I've been chewing over in my head that I can't figure out. [..] It's interesting to see everyone's different perspective on something and I really enjoy seeing how everyone thinks differently.

I really like that approach. After all, thoughtful discussion is about thoughts.

But, heh, there's my ruminations.

Thanks for sharing them!