maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - The N900 community is NOTHING compared to the iPhone 3gs'es

fatalsaint	2009-12-23 , 00:51
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Originally Posted by aspidites

I wonder if silence would encourage users to be more independent when trying to solve their problems? That seems to be the way qtcentre.org operates. People will reply if they have an answer, and ignore your post if they either don't know the answer or the answer has been answered numerous places already. I personally prefer silence over a "RTFM" reply. IMHO there is less chance of confrontation As the old cliche goes, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."

This has not been my experience. My experience is that if a newbie is ignored... he just talks louder*.

*Bump their own threads, put the same question in multiple places, interject it into unrelated topics, rant, rave, say we have an inactive community, say we're unhelpful egotistical arrogant...... oh wait.

And I fully think telling someone their answer is here on the forums, all they have to do is search for it - is saying something nice. That's my opinion though. Now, saying stuff like "Did you even bother to search before posting?" or other such argumentative phrases, while I understand the frustration, is not the nicest way of putting it.

However, forum etiquette is as much the responsibility of the inquirer as it is the instructor(s).

I'm sure we can both agree posts such as "Your device SUCKS - It can't do XYZ" as their way of saying "Please, how can I do XYZ" - are not helpful either.

Some tips to people :asking: questions - illustrate that you *have* searched for the answer, provide examples of what you found, and why they are *not* what you need. This helps people trying to help you feel like they aren't wasting their time.

There is very little more frustrating for me, than this conversation:

"Please, loving community - How can I do this?" - Wonderful User
"Dear Mr. User, " <- a detailed helpful answer that describes how, why, what, who, etc.. of their question. - Helpful Geek Dude
"So, I just run this command then?" - Wonderful User
"No, I said .." -> further explain the problems around what they are asking - Helpful Geek Dude
"So I ran that command and this happened.." - Wonderful User
"Are you fscking listening to me?!?" - Not so Helpful Geek Dude anymore.

I love helping people that show the capacity and desire to learn.. I hate doing things for people. I don't suspect I am the only one here like that.

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