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How come people...

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:31 pm
by hunterhp
always come to this website, and post once or twice and then leave. This is such a cool website were peoplel might learn a lot, why do they just ask a question and then leave?

I'll be sticking around for a while. Just hope more people do as well.

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:34 pm
by feyd
people appear to go to multiple sites and ask the same questions. They are usually just seeking an answer, or preferrably code to fix it... nothing more.

so I say, it's mostly laziness.

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:11 am
by John Cartwright
thats how I found this community, posting on multiple sites in my goober days :twisted: :twisted:

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:40 am
by ast3r3x
I mostly only come here when I'm having problems, although I do read threads that look particularly interesting. I think mostly people are looking to apply PHP code for a specific application and don't care about it any more than that.

I can't post much because I don't know enough ;)

My favorite thing is to post my code, stump everyone only to realize it's my fault that I wasn't paying close enough attention to a detail...I LOVE IT.

Most problems can be fixed by reading at php.net but one of the reasons I like this site is because of the interaction and active help you can get by resident gurus.

I liked it SO much that I stole the CSS style of the scroll bar for my website...which still everyone can't access :?

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:53 am
by feyd
ast3r3x, I can access your site, through name and ip, so not sure what's wrong with everyone else. :)

/offtopic

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:58 pm
by AGISB
I actually found out that after asking some questions here and reading stuff I found on older posts I am learning a lot. By interacting and answering some posts as well the knowledge stays fresh and you remember a lot more things after a while.

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:04 pm
by feyd
I think what's worse is when someone asks a question, but never returns.. especially when we spend time making multiple posts answering the question.


I want my keystrokes back!

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:17 pm
by timvw
i think it's nice to see other peoples solutions for a problem :)
and to share epxeriences why something doesn't want to work :)

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:55 pm
by Deemo
i found this site way back when i first started PHP. i check here daily and you guys always help me whenever im stupid :P

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:40 am
by hunterhp
This is now one of my daily forum sites. I usually go to 5 or so. I usually lurk around though, I don't post often.

I have come pretty close to asking a question about my script, but I like finding the answer by myself. It takes a while, but I get it done.

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:08 pm
by JAM
Deemo wrote:..you guys always help me whenever im stupid :P
I liked this one. :lol:
Simple and truthful. You should be glad that youre not alone, and that includes most of us.

Except feyd. He's like Dr. Phil.
...but without the commercial breaks. :wink:

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:12 pm
by feyd
I have my moments; fleeting as they are, but I do have them. ;)

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:54 pm
by neophyte
This is the best PHP board period.

A lot of study/experimentation and reading/posting here and several tips from the mods have helped me learn PHP. Although compared to most around here I'm still a noob....

:wink: