Help Please.

[RamAirZ]

^ A++ to that, I try to do that when someone asks a question, I'll mention the search function but will go ahead and answer it. It always ticked me off when I would search through hundreds of threads looking for something because the word I searched for popped up one time in it, and then I post a question and I get a bunch of "geez, use the search function" (not this forum in particular, but it happens on ALOT of forums, and sometimes the way it's worded seems very rude, gotta love the internet lol), some people have tried that and get tired of filtering through the useless stuff and decide just to ask hoping someone knows the answer and will share it. That and it HELPS future searchers, because now a thread with the answer will be on page 1 instead of page 50

[Ldub]

Personally, I think it is a ... well, I'm not allowed to use any of the words I'd like to use, here... I think "Did you try search?" is rude. The site search is often terrible (through no fault of anyone, by the way) and isn't often helpful in finding what you want. It is pretty useful if you already know what you're looking for, but newbies don't yet know what they don't know.

But I think that's okay. If the site was supposed to store facts, it would be a wiki. It isn't. It is a forum. People talk in forums. People do, occasionally, get stabbed by their friends in forums, I admit, but that was a long time ago.

So, if I could make a suggestion, next time a newbie asks a question that we ALL know the answer to, even if it has been answered dozens of times before, how about we just answer it? Answer it with a link to the relavent message thread, sure. But at least start a conversation in a way that doesn't make us all look like ... ah, what's a word I can use?

^ A++ to that, I try to do that when someone asks a question, I'll mention the search function but will go ahead and answer it. It always ticked me off when I would search through hundreds of threads looking for something because the word I searched for popped up one time in it, and then I post a question and I get a bunch of "geez, use the search function" (not this forum in particular, but it happens on ALOT of forums, and sometimes the way it's worded seems very rude, gotta love the internet lol), some people have tried that and get tired of filtering through the useless stuff and decide just to ask hoping someone knows the answer and will share it. That and it HELPS future searchers, because now a thread with the answer will be on page 1 instead of page 50

I'll say that I can see your side of the coin, on the other hand...

http://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=41715 ...

There ARE those who would rather YOU do it.