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Originally Posted by ApK
No need at all. No need to post at all. No need to ever visit these forums.
But if you do choose to post, you NEED to expect discussion and conflicting opinions in response. And if what you choose to post contains factual errors, or incorrect assumptions, or errors in logic, you NEED to expect to be told so. If you disagree with what folks say in response to your post you have several choices on what to do about it, among them:
1. Nothing. Just put your opinion out there and let others say what they will.
2. Engage in the discussion. Ask questions back, argue your position, defend your opinions, whatever you like.
3. Get defensive, and post about how they are your opinions and how you don't have to have reasons or logic or justification, and go on talking about how you don't want to talk about it.
Personally, I think #3 is annoying and stupid and makes for a poor discussion community.
If you just want to put your opinions out with out comment or justification, start a blog. This is a discussion forum.
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If this is leading back to Josie's comment, I think some context is warranted. She posted her opinions -- was challenged -- and posted a reply. Then she was challenged again.
Unfortunately, if you're not an aficionado, someone who is can press you so far that you'll end up not being able to really defend your position. That's an expertise issue, not a 'lack of desire to debate' issue.
To put it another way - if I tell you that I like the way an iPhone works versus an Android, you could ask me why. That's a legitimate request. I could give you a few reasons, and any Android fan worth his salt would then tell me that I could acquire a different launcher and additional software to make it work the way I want. I'll point out a hole in that argument (it's unstable). They'll reply with their own (what version of Android were you using?). Then I'll reply (an older one - my camera software stopped working on the new one). Then they'll respond (did you invert the transflux capacitor on the second notification light?).
And on, ad nauseum. It really does become an endless rabbit hole after a while. And all because I said that I liked the way my phone worked.