I do try to be respectful of the current atmosphere in other sections of the forum -- especially since I have a tendency to "flood" a lot of threads in bursts, depending on my own life events, frame of mind, and energy levels.
I know one thing I'm guilty of doing here in Singles is harping on people who barge in and try to absolutely overrun it with their own assumed agenda. I'm a firm believer in trying to get to know the landscape and a bit about the audience you're speaking to before trying to be a headline contributor. I don't always succeed, but I think the effort makes a lot of difference -- and people generally respond better to a more personal approach.
Remember this old classc? I think the guy had a good heart, but he was insistent that we all be good obedient church mice who listened to every sermon he preached, even resorting to regularly bumping his own threads. And he had no regard, and seemingly no interest in getting to know the majority audience here. Little did he know that for many of us here, the idea of being dragged to a night club would be about as welcome as a severe case of poison ivy.
https://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/don’t-take-your-jesus-to-a-night-club.161667/
Sure, some people might really need messages like this, but to just break down all the doors, throw yourself in the middle of all the discussions and repeatedly preach to a stereotype most of your audience doesn't fit...
Well... I don't want to be that person in another part of the forum.
For myself, I choose to talk politics, Biblical study, and hot-topic issues with friends and family (it's slightly more civil that way, lol) but I realize many people might only have this forum as an outlet, just in the same way some of us introverts use it for social interaction.
And maybe God built them or is directing them to speak about those things -- disrupting that could possibly go against what God Himself is calling some people to do.
So... I'm going to try to Family Forum for a bit and see how it goes.
If I wind up back here in Singles exclusively, well, that won't be the first time.
Hopefully if people need a break from the heavier things, they know where to find the party.