You'll be lucky if other members use such kind words to tell you to do the same. Traps and Tips Some alt.angst posters will, occasionally, flame you for failing to display sufficient amounts of angst in one or more of its commonly accepted forms. You have been warned. There are a number of psychology studies that answer precisely this question. Our advice here is to use your newly-found computer skills to dig up any relevant literature.
Form is very important in alt.angst .
If you can't be bothered to write clearly, you can't expect your readers to make the effort to understand you. And whatever your style, don't post poetry. This isn't a poetry reading. Teen angst poetry is especially likely to be mocked. Most posters have written reams of it themselves, recognized its self-indulgent immaturity, and moved on.