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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4925865" data-attributes="member: 54846">This is more a &quot;Why is this done on messageboards period&quot; sort of topic, but I see this on EnWorld a lot.Opinion Dumping(TM) is when someone creates a thread, and all they do is state their opinion. For instance, &quot;This is why I don't read PDFs.&quot; They go at length about why they don't read PDFs. And ... that's it.&quot; No question, no stating it with the intention to counter someone's argument, nothing. You also see this in threads. If the topic was something relating to PDFs, the person might come into the thread and just post their &quot;I don't read PDFs and here's why&quot;. What's the purpose of this? Why go on a messageboard to let people know if you're not looking for a dialogue? There are tons of reasons for starting posts or putting something - to be funny, to get information or help, to do a creative collaborative thing, to give others an idea, to make an argument. But Opinion Dumping is just &quot;Here's my stance on something and that's it&quot;. What are you supposed to even do with that? &quot;Um, okay, thanks for your treatise on why you eat chocolate&quot;. What does the poster expect from the reader? I could understand it if it was framed in a persuasive manner, but that would be &quot;Here's why I think YOU should agree with me&quot;. Instead it's just &quot;Here's how I feel&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4925865, member: 54846"] This is more a "Why is this done on messageboards period" sort of topic, but I see this on EnWorld a lot. Opinion Dumping(TM) is when someone creates a thread, and all they do is state their opinion. For instance, "This is why I don't read PDFs." They go at length about why they don't read PDFs. And ... that's it." No question, no stating it with the intention to counter someone's argument, nothing. You also see this in threads. If the topic was something relating to PDFs, the person might come into the thread and just post their "I don't read PDFs and here's why". What's the [I]purpose[/I] of this? Why go on a messageboard to let people know if you're not looking for a dialogue? There are tons of reasons for starting posts or putting something - to be funny, to get information or help, to do a creative collaborative thing, to give others an idea, to make an argument. But Opinion Dumping is just "Here's my stance on something and that's it". What are you supposed to even [I]do[/I] with that? "Um, okay, thanks for your treatise on why you eat chocolate". What does the poster expect from the reader? I could understand it if it was framed in a persuasive manner, but that would be "Here's why I think YOU should agree with me". Instead it's just "Here's how I feel". [/QUOTE]

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