I guess someone might post something somewhere else really not knowing that other people would feel upset in response.

If they have no idea that other people are going to feel upset in response then they can't take their upset into account when deciding what to do...

I guess people who have been following this thread (and probably others) now know that there are people who would indeed be upset if their posts were posted somewhere else.

Maybe they have learned something with that.

I agree that with respect to this issue one should not post other peoples posts somewhere else without their permission. A major reason for this is that DocJohn has made that one of the rules of this site.

I also think that as a general rule... Sometimes peoples needs conflict. When needs conflict it is hard to know what to do. I'm not sure the best strategy is to always put aside your needs for the sake of others. But that is just thinking on it as a general rule.

In this instance the guidelines now clearly state the rule so... That is the way it is.