Lucky... I am glad you can see why such rules exist. The rules and policies of this forum, which Bec had part in writing, where established by the members. If you did a search you would find the discussion threads way back when. They have evolved as the forum grew to meet the growing needs of members. Accurate, well written, informative titles immediately allow a person to determine whether or not they are interested in the thread, saves time reading if not relevant or interested, and it allows a person to make a decision to whether they are in a good or bad place at a given time and want it to read it then, or read it later when feeling better.
You could say I have an immunity to this forum, as I can read and read and nothing here affects me emotionally as I do not take it personally or allow transference of what another is feeling or enduring to be what I feel. It is an art in itself, one which many do not have. It is not natural, it is a learnt skill.
I have read here time and time again how people make statements like they couldn't do without this forum, etc... or people fall down and nearly die when the forum is closed for a week to upgrade or do behind the scenes work.
An addiction to such a thing is just creating another problem, and this is why such threads as bec is talking about where created way back to ensure people can find and read for themselves the problems alone a forum can create if not careful. Glad you can see and understand for yourself. |