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Originally Posted by D.P.Johnson
I've been on various types of message boards since the late 90's (or whenever it was that Al Gore invented the internet), and I've seen numerous of them "die" when the veteren members stopped helping the "newbies" and/or kept continuously telling them to use the "search" feature. I think that regardless of how many times the "same stupid question" has been asked and answered, the OP (or newbie) should never be "flamed" and/or simply told to use the "search" function. If an veteren member (or ANY member) doesn't feel like answering a question, then don't answer it. It's really as simple as that. However, the elderly members should always try and remember when they were "newbies" and how they would have liked to have been treated when they had questions. We all had to start somewhere...
Just my .02 (but probably worth a lot less)...  .... |
Best part about someone going on a rant about using the search feature, is that it takes longer to go into that diatribe than it does to say why the thing isn't real.
If everyone used the search function for everything, that would stop new information from coming in and you'd end up with a wiki site filled up with outdated information.
A very good example happened a week or two ago--the cut sigs of Ruth, Wagner, Young, etc. that were posted--someone said 'i know that forger, but up to now didn't know he started doing these other sigs'.
Also, over time, if people do nothing but use search functions, the original threads lose their meaning--pictures are no longer hosted and provide no information--'go to this link and check out this site' doesn't work either, since that website has long been abandoned.