Is anyone brace enough to dabble where they don't usually go?

[HJT40]

I stick to the areas on this site find informative and can help out on, on occassion. Body & Soul, Family, Chatterbank, sometimes animals and nature.

I feel totally out of my depth in the other areas and have been scared by some of the religious q&a. Some people seem so fanatical!

Does anyone else sneak a peak, am I missing out on anything?

[redcrx]

i often go browsing around all the sections, but the religious section doesnt appeal so i do avoid that one.

its amazing what you can learn just by reading some of the questions and answers

[homedeeth]

i like to visit all areas and see if i can offer my opinion on anything. I don't bother with religion as i don't have any views on it

[bigmamma]

I also take a stroll round other sections and sometimes from the recent threads . I haven't ventured into Play , Law , History , or Art and Literature .

[logic]

Yes I agree HJT but that's what these forums are for, simply to air youre opinion, you don't have to agree with them , and indeed you will sometimes get an earbashing for not doing so, but it can be great sometimes, just to put forward your point of view,

[joggerjayne]

I used to go to Sport, but it's all a bit weird over there.

It's almost as it it's not really a part of AB at all.

[HJT40]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have to re-register or something for sport?

[ChuckFickens]

I normally stick to the sections I know, but did find myself posting in pregnancy a couple of days ago!! I was shocked :)

[HJT40]

I confess I have just dabbled in the Radio section! I feel so liberated!

[kempie]

There is no need to re-register for Sport - your AnswerBank credentials are used for both.

I slightly disagree with logic in the assertion that this is a forum to air opinions. I prefer giving factual answers (although not to the exclusion of all opinion) and tend to stick to Topics where fact outweighs opinion, even though crossover may exist to some extent in all.

[Quizmonster]

As Kempie suggests, there are some threads in which opinion is perfectly acceptable, but there are others which are purely factual.
If someone asks, 'What is the capital of Switzerland?", there's not a lot of point in writing: "I think it might be Geneva." That's because, not only is that wrong, but it has no value whatsoever to the questioner. Nor would it have any great value even if it were correct, because the questioner still doesn't know whether it's right or wrong! You've added nothing, in other words.
It is always best to steer away from subjects of which you have no genuine knowledge. Other than that...post away!

[Lore]

I like to mooch around Arts & Literature and I pop into science - pretending that I'm an intellectual whizz.

For obvious reasons, I read - never post!

[natalie_1982]

I have a gander at other sections but tend to answer within my comfort zone. It's amazing the questions you can actually help with even when you don't think you would be able to.

I do get a bit intimidated by the religous section though, most of the answers are so long and wordy and I feel totally out of my depth. That and by the time you have found a question you feel you;d like to asnwer there are already 15pages of answers and being slightly OCD I feel I have to read every answer before I can post my own, so inevitably give up and return to Family, Food, B&S, Arts and Literature or Media and TV.

[Jugglering]

I have occasionally ventured into Food & Drink (only cos I can cook - veggie stuff lol - and definitely know how to drink !), into Animals & Nature (cos I am a slave to my two gorgeous girls), How it works (cos I do know one end of a drill from the other) and now and then into Quizzes & Puzzles... but that's only cos I sometimes get the Radio Times and love the crossword therein... I must admit I've never actually opened the door into Adverts, Gaming, Phrases & Sayings, Seasonal or Weather...and I've only just noticed a department called AB Polls !