Originally Posted by
Simon Blackquill
If you are not seeking feedback on your thoughts, you should consider two things before making a thread:
First, should the thread be created in the first place? Forums (specifically the threads therein) are places to communicate with others. One person creates a topic, others respond to it, and, ideally, the original poster contributes to the conversation in a timely manner and attempts to keep it from derailing. Therefore, if you are not looking to have a dialogue, there rarely, if ever, a reason to create a thread.
However, if, by some ridiculous chance, you find yourself feeling that whatever is on your mind does warrant a thread, you also must consider the layout of the thread and how your convey your thoughts into words. For example, in this thread your introduction was a question... and a rather revealing one at that. You asked whether this topic should be in Debates or not. Simply by asking that question you opened the topic up to responses, not only about whether the thread was indeed in the wrong subforum, but also to debates about the topic being discussed as you implied it was quite debatable.
Those are two issues simply with the thread itself and with the very first line of said thread. I could go on if it were truly needed, but I feel I have made my point. Next time you feel the need to simply vent, and you do not want any feedback from your fellow forum-goers, simply put your thoughts into a Word document or another outlet in which there are no recipients who also have the capability of responding. It is equally therapeutic and does not lead to further aggravation on your behalf as you respond to the others in the thread.