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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: SOAPboy on May 15, 2005, 02:00:22 am ---
Used to help run a car forum, and people asked the stupid same 1 liners over and over, we answered them.. On the torrent forum im helping run, people have and will keep asking stupid questions, we will keep answering them..

why? because we dont want to push away people from the places..

If you honestly give 2 shits about this place, and if you know the answers, you would help people, and be a bit more friendly about it..



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We don't push people away either.  There have been very few threads here where people say "get out n00b" or similar.  Instead, we will offer advice to search, read FAQs, and point people in the right direction.  That's not pushing people away.. it's teaching them.  You want to spoon feed everything to people which is fine, but not what most people prefer.  I'd rather tell people where they can get information, because more often than not, those resources will answer 20 other questions that they have.

As far as your forums, good for you, but that is NOT the norm.  I read quite a few forums, and this is prevalent everywhere. I only know of one forum where people truly rail on each other, and that's only because the forum is practically meant for insulting people haha.  Anywhere else, you will have "THE QUESTION" that always gets asked, and it gets frustrating to answer it 3 times every day.  We put up stickies, they get ignored.  People write and post FAQs, and people choose to just ask anyway, even if their question is number 1 in the FAQ.

Tone down your high and mighty attitude cuz you think we should bow down to help people who can't look 3 posts down where the same question is asked AND ANSWERED.  This board is the most helpful forum I've ever been a part of, and also the friendliest.

Telling people where to get information is not "pushing them away"

APFelon:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,36558.0.html

Have a look at this thread, Point. It's UberNewbieBeatdownDay!

[in Darth Vader voice] You have asked a question we have seen too many times. Now it is time to die.

The general rudeness and hostility on this forum has become destressing.

Bah, perhaps it is time I take my leave. When I get messages like this in my mailbox:


--- Quote ---i found it funny reading your comments in the "splitting the EE thread", and how im not the only one thinking your a jackass, such a shame there are people like you on this board.

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...it's a pretty good indication that the board has gone sour.

So you all have fun reveling in newbie bashing. I don't need the bad karma.

Jackass out.

Apf

pointdablame:
I read that thread, and don't see how its bashing.  Peale posted a link to the MAME faq, and many other people just seconded the fact that it was asked quite a number of times.  I saw that the OP took it a bit personally, but he was also able to fix his problem himself, thus totally eliminating the need for the thread in the first place.

The lesson is, these boards are a GREAT RESOURCE, but it doesn't hurt to try to do things for yourself first.  You learn more that way IMHO.  Try to figure it out, then try to read up on it if you can't get it to work, then by all means ask people who know.  But the thing is, people (including myself) always have a feeling that their problem is the first time something has happened.  Truth is.. it rarely is.  If you take the time to look around, you'll get a lot of info.

I will never see "you can find your answer at xxxxxx" as a bash.  Giving people resources help them more in my opinon than saying "the answer is 5"  That's not how you learn, and as people have said, this hobby has a ton of info to learn about, and a lot of the fun is actually taking it all in.

Zakk:

--- Quote from: SOAPboy on May 14, 2005, 10:51:36 pm ---Or how about people just stop being such ---Deutsche Frankfurters--- about it and point these people in the right direction..

Search, SUCKS, i tried it.. and ive had none of my questions answered by it, ive googled in fear of pissing of the people here because they whine every time someone posts a question thats been asked..


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It's not a magic 8-ball. Ask content questions related to the subject matter by keyword.

tommy:

--- Quote from: APFelon on May 15, 2005, 12:51:16 pm ---http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,36558.0.html

Have a look at this thread, Point. It's UberNewbieBeatdownDay!

[in Darth Vader voice] You have asked a question we have seen too many times. Now it is time to die.

The general rudeness and hostility on this forum has become destressing.

Bah, perhaps it is time I take my leave. When I get messages like this in my mailbox:


--- Quote ---i found it funny reading your comments in the "splitting the EE thread", and how im not the only one thinking your a jackass, such a shame there are people like you on this board.

--- End quote ---

...it's a pretty good indication that the board has gone sour.

So you all have fun reveling in newbie bashing. I don't need the bad karma.

Jackass out.

Apf


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You didnt like my PM i take it.  ;D

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