I think this thread is the most obvious type of feedback there is. It is a poll about the forum. Polls are easy to interpret, simple, and hard to misinterpret, although they are also easy to manipulate. The poll is open to all members of the forum, who are feeding information about the forum back to the forum. The members are stating how they feel about the forum. The forum is then able to improve itself based on this "feedback" that is being returned to the forum.

JJTublear is not providing the feedback himself. He is providing a method of providing the feedback so that other users of the forum can state their opinions. Although he himself isn't returning information back to the forum, he is helping that cause. JJTublear's post isn't feedback, but his thread is... Well, it should be, but we are spamming. I think it's very hard to ask questions, have conversations, or start discussions in this forum because even if you are being serious most people just make "witty" comments about the thread itself that don't provide what the thread originator is asking for. These comments are often hypocritical, which is the case of all the replies in this thread.

Although the placement of the thread is questionable, Trafton, it is useless to point it out. You can't do anything about it and it's not your job to do anything about it. If moderators or administrators see this thread and feel that it should be on another board they will move it. You pointing it out without saying anything actually helpful or relevant is spamming. Tublear is asking an honest question and unless you are answering it you don't need to say anything. The point of this thread is to decide if profanity is more annoying than spam or vice versa. You're missing the point.

To me, spam is much more annoying than profanity. Although profanity is not always neccessary, it can help express yourself. It injects intense emotion into what you are saying. Spam is completely useless by definition. Profanity doesn't bother me at all; I am pained to see spamming that destroys perfectly good threads, boards, or entire forums.