Not everyone is able to "teach"
I am very pleased that you and a couple of others are, but you are in a very small minority
The vast majority of people get frustrated quickly with repeated questions and working with someone who just doesn't "get it"
Asking others to be like you is as ineffective as others asking you to be like them
Let those that are willing, get on the list
Let the others refer the neophytes to those on the list
Everybody gets to be who they are and a need gets met
Then, if the Noob refuses to utilize the list,
let loose the dogs of war
Peace,
dave
Thanks for kind words,
to orange section,
Well I can understand that. Not many people have a lot of spare time on their hands to dedicate to typing out answers. That's perfectly understandable.
What is not, though, is if you don't want to answer a noob,
then don't answer. What I see a lot of people do instead, is so illogical that I cannot believe my eyes: Type out a lenghty post criticizing the poster's lack of knowledge or skill and instructing him to do some searching. I'd like to kindly ask to people reading this: DON'T DO IT. If you don't wanna answer it, somebody else will.
I WILL. But don't belittle people simply for not yet learning a concept.
Well, people had this idea to avoid noobs (first posts) posting "where to buy 1000MW blu lazor" or "whats best lazor" threads, so leaving more space for important threads...
Uhh, first off, no image is showing... :/
Next,
Questions like these are obviously fairly common, "Where to get best laser" etc. So why not, instead of telling them to "search", we fetch a few links with tutorials or guides and post them so the member can read them? We already know they exist, we know where to find them, we can even have it bookmarked. If they don't yet exist to answer specific noob questions, we'll write them.
Problem is that most people are eager to get into something without understanding the fundamentals, in other words, they don't know what to search for in the first place.
Would you search for "what's the best car mod" in car enthusiast forum's search bar?
Likewise, how would a new person who doesn't know what a laser even consists of, find themselves searching for "M140 diode price" or "best glass lenses" when they don't even know what a diode or a lens is? They know that blue lasers exist, and that they want to have one.
We know where can the answers to noob questions be found.
They don't. Isn't it our duty to help them out?
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TheDukeAnumber1 said:
Eudaimonium why should you use your time helping someone who isn't willing to help themselves. In that respect they view their time as being much more valuable than yours which IMO is a little disrespectful.
No offense, but to me, that's nonsense. "Not being able to help yourself" is the cause for "somebody else helping". It's a very simple relation. I explained in above why people might "appear" to not be willing to help themselves.
Don't misinterpret somebody who doesn't know where to start (and be honest, we've all been there!) for somebody who wants a personal information-butler.
Do you believe that they will suddenly get the urge to "help themselves" if you tell them to do so? When has anything in the world worked like that?
Its pointless at the bottom where people and especially the Noobs won't see it...:tinfoil:I vote to put it back up top!!
