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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4925935" data-attributes="member: 177">There's probably several reasons.  But, as a general rule, humans are built to express themselves.  That covers most of it right there - a basic desire to express oneself.  The rest is details.For some of the side cases - the OP or someone in the thread may well ask for opinions.  In that case, surely there's nothing wrong with providing it.In some cases the person really does want dialogue, but perhaps hasn't found the best way to seek it, or hasn't reviewed their post and its structure to see if it actuclaly accomplishes what they want.In some... well, they don't think about what they want to accomplish.  Folks sometimes just type what comes into their heads - that's the purest form of the general principle I started with.I am sure there are other reasons.As a moderator, the only real problem with not having a clear purpose (like clearly seeking dialog, or clearly trying to convince) is that it leads people to guess as to what your purpose is.  And, as humans are wont to do, they often guess at one of the worst possibilities, rather than the best.</blockquote>