>>I want to post something in the 3rd-parties forum, but see that in order to do that I have to change my settings first so it will show up in the dropdown. I don't want to do this. I just want to post it and get a reply. I don't normally want to see that forum on my main page, but do want to see it when creating a new post. I'm spit-out-of-luck, aren't I?
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>Yup. But if you set it temporarily, to be able to write your message, then set it back, I'd bet that your reply(s) will be viewable by you regardless.

Yeah, thought that was going to be the answer. It's like going around your arm to get to your elbow...