That's fine. I have thought since this comment about the difference between "Let's talk about the ALS challenge," the wording of your post, and every variant in between. I feel like I responded negatively to your post because it demonstrated a pattern of asking Hubski to justify your own actions. I do believe that we should make our actions with our own personal justification, and not rely on others for it. However, I also believe we should ask others for advice and input, especially those whose opinions we admire or think will bear merit. I also thought about how I feel "burnt out" and irritated by the ALS challenge and how that may have been a factor in my response to your post - aka, there may be a bear here, but the bear ain't all on your side of the fence, if that makes sense.

I refused to participate in the ALS challenge, I thought it was dumb. I do have a bad habit of getting annoyed with anything that takes over my Facebook feed too much. I also had a friend who tagged me in the challenge knowing full well I wouldn't participate and in fact probably tagging me because of such. I commented on her post that "The buck - or bucket - stops here." If someone had posted to "shame" me into participating I would have told them that my mother taught me not to succumb to peer pressure - glib, ain't i? ;) It's easy to be glib when thinking of reasons not to do things.

We all, and certainly I, have used Hubski for advice and input from time to time, and I think that's fine, and I don't think anyone should be shamed for doing so. I would be leery of doing it overmuch. I do also think sometimes a better response could be garnered when the original question doesn't focus so much on the individual user and instead is presented as a universal discussion point. However, I don't have a say in that any more than I have the ability to post comments and threads here or there. Your Hubski use and experience really is up to you and I don't want to fault or shame you for it.