Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:06 am
I agree, and disagree, both at the same time. (Ever the dipomat!)timvw wrote:Sometimes i have the feeling this community is too nice... I really become annoyed when i see yet another post from someone who didn't bother to read the rules, manual, etc. Anyway, instead of posting a nasty reply, i usually simply ignore those users now...
I'm fairly new here (though I've made to the lofty rank of "Developer" now...) and I've already said this in response to the "skill-level Forums" thread in the Suggestions forum. Sometimes I think that when someone posts a question like "How do I use variables in a string?" they deserve shooting/dismembering. In that respect, the fact that people answer means that they are being too nice. The answer should be "RTFM". On the other hand, there do seem to be a lot of very blunt answers to more complex questions, or answers that have been written without really reading the question properly - which, even though technically correct - don't give much insight to the user on how to implement the functionality. In this respect, the community could also be seen as being rude.
Personally, however, I like this community - but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I spend more time trying to answer questions than asking them. If I were on the end of some of the "ruder" responses, I'd not have hung about as long.
In short - thumbs up.