In light of the recent events re various individuals questioning the manner by which this very subforum is managed, I thought of starting a thread which is admittedly a little OT, but is still somewhat relevant to the very existence of this subforum.
So why do you post here? Try to be sincere and honest in your answers.
As a side note, I felt compelled to ask this because there are individuals out there who go into science forums with a "prepared mission" in mind (sort of like how Born-again Christians feel that it's their obligation to convert people to becoming Born-again Christians), and that is to inject their own line of beliefs and try to make sure that their message comes across in a forum/subforum such as this one, in an almost clandestine "special forces covert ops" style or guerilla warfare hit-and-run tactics.
Well, I was tasked to moderate these boards, and it's simply my policy not to allow such types of "pre-planned missions" into this section of iStorya.net. They may be doing it in some other subforums, but since I don't manage those, I don't care what they do there, but if hilabtan nila ang Science section, then bantay dyud sila. Such activities will not be tolerated in these boards. If you post here because you are classified as one of these people I'm talking about, you will be given infractions, and as many infractions as needed to deal with your particular disregard for the iStorya.net forum rules.
So again, I ask, why do you post here? Be honest, be sincere. I highly encourage the regular subforum contributors/thread-starters and posters to share their thoughts on this matter.
I'll start off:
1. To post science news I happen to come across
2. To discuss matters pertaining to a specific field of science (astronomy) or engineering (space exploration) that I'm interested in
3. To react/give feedback to/give opinion on an item that has been posted in the subforum
-RODION