Is the posting new stories on the forums still in effect?

I'm just asking because I had some ideas recently and wanted to type them up, but I hate posting to "public" websites (i.e. Deviant) or ones that are billed as sites for writing (i.e. Brawna). I've posted to those sorts of sites 4 times in my 16 years on the Internet, 3 of them resulted in my work being ripped off and reposted elsewhere as someone else's. One went so far as to submit and get it published in a printed APA that was sold at SF/Anime conventions.

You were ripped-off and yet you still want to do on-line vanity publishing,
   I don’t understand that. 

I don't have another venue for the stories that I might write for here, and I know there is still a chance of it being "lifted", but I think the chance is less on here than on a fanfic devoted website or the usenet. I stay away from those completely.

The stuff I truly hope to get published in some way (APA, book, etc) gets nowhere near the internet. 

I thought about that, but don't have the money right now to sign up with a blog provider site.