Aspies write a heck of a lot.

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Is verbosity an Aspie trait? I find that I don't have time to read everything everyone writes, much as I may want to. I tend to read OPs and then skim. I might even skim the OPs.

I tend to be very frugal in communicating, I suppose because I know that people don't have the patience to endure any self indulgence on my part.

I don't mean this to be insulting, or to say that it's wrong necessarily. I just thought some of you may be interested in this insight. We tend to be 'too much' for NTs, and I think I've had an experience from their side now.

Yep.

Sorry, I was being ironic there!

Yes. But many are laconic offline.

Very amusing. I got it

I do indeed write a lot. I have done very long posts and I try to not ramble so I go back and read it again and do editing and think if this part is really necessary to say or not and I make sure it won't be misunderstood. It takes me a while to make a post because I am always thinking before I say things. In real life I have no social filter unless I already know to not say X.

I also tend to do long PMs. I just love to talk is why.

Yes, often. But if given the opportunity I think we are just like we are online. Talking people into a coma is a commonplace occurrence with me. Especially after a beer or three.

The posts here seem to be very detailed and I learn such random stuff sometimes.
My mum says she won't read my blog posts because they're too long.
I enjoy reading life stories sometimes. Other times I cannot concentrate on posts and then I see their length and just give up.

Mine are due to my poor comunication skills. I have to write a lot to get my message across and just like a verbal conversation, i decide what i've said isn't working or isn't quite right so i type more, then i think through all the possible meanings people will take from it and write more to clarify, then i think of all the possible come backs people are going to make and try to answer them all or cut them off to keep the replies useful, by then it's a huge bloated post.

Either I have a tough time speaking, or I have a tough time shutting up. Actually, since I don't like reading long posts, I try to lead by example by trying really hard to keep my posts short. Sometimes it can't be avoided, but in all honesty, lots of the long posts are really boring and painful to read through.

I just ironically realized that although I can talk people to death, I have a really tough time hearing a person speak for too long. Go figure.

Verbosity is probably one of the more common traits of Asperger's Syndrome. Monologues!

My mother (undiagnosed) and I both experience the same thing. We just keep writing. My mother is a writer, and maybe I am too (?), but I think it is more of an Asperger's thing for both of us. I've learned that this is an undesirable thing for most people and now try to keep useless details out, and to keep my posts as short as I can while still hitting on the points I intended.

My brother - an NT -is like that. He tends to phrase things and then go back and say it another way. Sometimes repeatedly. It is as if he thinks that people do not understand him, or he failing to be clear. I am not sure he is conscious of doing it.

I am also acquainted with a mother of several autistic children who uses a strange sort of prosody; effectively a double ended sentence. An example might go something like this.

"Strawberries are so tasty so I eat a lot of them because I think they are so very good." Or maybe she might say, "I am a woman who has autistic children and I am their mother."

She exhibits a bunch of aspie traits, but seems in denial about the possibility of being on the spectrum.

Bad grammar and the occasional bout of verbal vomit in a forum post is mostly palatable to my senses - I am not perfect myself - but her particular mangling of her mother tongue drives me batty.

Just for clarity: you do not seem to do that.

Some good comes of this: it encourages me to be terse and simply factual.

I can type stories and articles for hours, on end.

I write far too much give too many details. I've been told that by some online friends as well as professors whose classes I've written essays for. I've noticed that lately, though, usually my posts aren't as long or detailed as usual. I think it's because I've been so depressed that my mind can't focus to go into details like it normally would & I just leave a lot out that I would normally say.

When I think I have something to say I want to share that information.

In reality, simplified sentence structure facilitates understanding. Attempting to nail down your intended message with extraneous words creates discordancy, muddling your missive.

If brevity is the soul of wit, then Thoreau said "simplify, simplify" for a reason.

Amazingly Jingo, If you simplify, your communication skills improve. It worked for me.