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:


and again,


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.