ok, seriously. this whole thread being turned into an article has been irking me off. i know i did not contribute here personally, but it makes me feel unsafe about any other threads i might post in being used for fodder for someone's research elsewhere. i'm especially saddened that this breach of trust happened from the forum owner himself.
when i joined this forum a few months ago, i dutifully read the community guidelines, where it states:
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any type of research on the content of these forums are strictly prohibited
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and again,
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Forums are Research-Free
These forums strictly prohibit any research being conducted on them for any purpose whatsoever. Any user of this forum is prohibited from conducting research on the forums in any form, whether it be as a group or on an individual poster.
I don't believe it feels very good or very safe if you feel like anything you might want to share or write about might one day end up in some random professional journal, archived for all of time. I prohibit any and all research to be conducted on posts herein.
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can someone please tell me if i've somehow misinterpreted these rules? would it now be ok for me to post asking for people to share experiences, write it up as a uni assignment, and potentially get it published?
i know some people might think i'm overreacting about this, but i'm really upset. again - if i've somehow misinterpreted the rules, then i'll back off.
eta: i wouldn't be upset at all if we had been forewarned that posts might be turned into article material. that would have been totally acceptable, imo.