docjohn, on 08 July 2012 - 01:04 AM, said:
Nobody is "DEMANDING" that anybody answer or even look at, a simple question. Or even comment. Just pass it by...
You have NO right to demand we "pass it by," who do you think you are, the THREAD POLICE?!
docjohn, on 08 July 2012 - 01:04 AM, said:
If it's a question that you've seen and grown tired of, just DON'T add your .02. Don't even click on it, how hard is that?
If you see a post telling you to use the search bar, which you've seen and grown tired of(although obviously you haven't grown tired of actually using the search bar), just DON'T respond to it. Don't even look at it, how hard is that?
docjohn, on 08 July 2012 - 02:16 AM, said:
People will stop posting if they're being made fun of. (note the tagline again, or do I have to repost it?) It's not OUR position to tell noob people or ANY people, (who are our equals), what to say or ask...
Oh, it's not your position to tell people what to say? So your original post was just an ironic joke, then? Or, to put it more accurately, a troll post? Because all it does is tell people how to behave.
docjohn, on 08 July 2012 - 02:16 AM, said:
They have a right to ask why is the moon blue on sirius, because they have the right. Not the right to get an answer. Just the right to ask, without the tagline...
First: nobody here has "rights." This is a privately owned website. You only have privileges and allowances. Be grateful that the Devs have taken a mostly laissez-faire approach to forum implementation, and that the local Mods seem to be pretty easygoing as well. But do not think you, or anyone else, has "rights." This isn't a democracy.
Second: They have the... "right"... to ask. But they do not have the "right" to also demand only certain responses. And neither do you. If you ask a question, your control over the discussion ends with your own input. You can not, and will never be able to, decide how people respond to you. YOUR only decision is in what YOU say. Period. If you ask a question that you know will get snarky responses, take that as a sign that you should probably either ask a different question, ask in a different manner, or not ask at all and instead take a moment to look around you, instead of demanding that people provide you with information because you don't feel like finding it for yourself. You don't get any special entitlements, buddy. Sure, ask away. Ask if we'll be able to pilot a Timber Wolf at launch. Just don't be surprised when people respond negatively to you. Complain about it if you like, but tough titty. It won't change a thing. You cannot choose other people's words for them.
So if you make a statement, that you KNOW will make people angry, and then you make it anyway, do you know what that makes you? That's pretty much the definition of a troll. Someone that intentionally incites conflict among others. You may not do it out of malintent, but the fact you'll do it out of laziness is no better. And the fact you are willing to make such a statement, despite knowing what its effects will be, simply because you have the "right"(when what you actually have is the privilege of punishment being highly unlikely), and not only that but then actually
complain when those effects take place? That makes you lazy, because you want other people to do your research for you, and it also makes you someone with a sense of entitlement, because you get upset if they don't cow to your desires. And you're not going to find a whole lot of people around you that share your belief in how much you deserve, anywhere in life.
Cheers.
And I'm reposting this gentleman's comments for you, just in case you found any of the above to be a bit too "real talk" for you to handle without throwing another hissy fit:
RedDragon, on 08 July 2012 - 04:04 AM, said:
@OP: You know, it's just a question of politeness. There are people on this forums who spend a lot of time doing research about different things and answering questions in productive and informing ways. And then comes someone supposedly like you (regarding your OP), demanding everyone to cater only to him, not even taking the 10 seconds it takes to use the search or look at least over the first 2 or 3 pages of newest posts on a given forum and asks the same old question again. Why should someone take the time to answer the question again (or to search for the previously given answer) if you are just too lazy to spend a few seconds on searching? If there are people who invest time in answering questions, it's just a matter of decency to spend at least a minimum of time searching for their answers.
So much for the social side of it. Apart from this there's also a plain technical side. You're spamming the board with 100s of topics on the same questions again and again. No wonder the search will take a bit of time when there are a dozen threads on a topic.
To top this, you're making the forums harder to navigate for everyone since there are so many useless topics opened all the time that one has to actively search for new and interesting content by skimming through all the redundant questions. Also the really important threads get pushed ever farther back from the first pages and are only read by the people who already know about them.
Edited by Bloodweaver, 08 July 2012 - 08:08 AM.
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