How do you decide on what to post on DU??

[kentuck]

Many folks, and I have been guilty also, post in a stream of consciousness created from another post they had read earlier or just moments before. But they think it is an original spin on the other post that needs further clarification and is deserving of a post of its own.

However, I try to post thoughts or ideas that are original or will generate discussion from an entirely different perspective than we might see or hear in the mainstream media. That is the ideal and I am not always successful. Some of my posts are better than others. Some suck. That just the law of averages, I suppose?

But, what personal criteria do you use to create a post on DU? How deep do you think on it before posting? Just curious.