[kzrdude]

I want to ask about - sometimes people presume a statement on a forum like this is an authoritative statement, when it's just an opinion.

Why don't we always just consider posts on forums to be just some opinion, from the poster's point of view, isn't that how a conversation works? Though I know expectations differ, I'm not sure why.

[carapace]

Let me own up to it: to some extent I was just teasing the OP.

[kzrdude]

aw, I want to discuss the question in general, not specifically. Another time.