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QwikSand · 03-28-2008, 05:10 PM

I agree that it is a huge turnoff when members with 1000+ posts or whatever or a longer amount of time spent here think they are better and know more than those with fewer posts and that they can just bash them and that's gonna fix things. "OMG this has been asked 347 times today. Search you f'ng newb!" I think that would keep the OP from coming back and contributing again instead of making him search next time. This is a community and I bet it's turning off a lot of new people. People always cite 'those' other boards where flaming and fighting go on, yet it is creeping in here as well. Do we want this becoming one of 'those' boards? There is SO much activity at this place that if there were no responses to questions that have been asked a dozen times already that week, the thread would be off the front page in an hour. Sure the mods could lock them and they'd pass by quicker, but they have jobs, they do this for free. Just don't respond if you have nothing helpful to say. And posting "I dunno" as a response to a question doesn't help either, except to pad post counts. I haven't been here that long or have a ton of posts but I do visit everyday and contribute when I have something to say that I think could be helpful. So does that make me also a "f'ing newb"?

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03-28-2008, 05:10 PM	#11
QwikSand Power Member Member since:Dec 2007 Trading Score:25	I agree that it is a huge turnoff when members with 1000+ posts or whatever or a longer amount of time spent here think they are better and know more than those with fewer posts and that they can just bash them and that's gonna fix things. "OMG this has been asked 347 times today. Search you f'ng newb!" I think that would keep the OP from coming back and contributing again instead of making him search next time. This is a community and I bet it's turning off a lot of new people. People always cite 'those' other boards where flaming and fighting go on, yet it is creeping in here as well. Do we want this becoming one of 'those' boards? There is SO much activity at this place that if there were no responses to questions that have been asked a dozen times already that week, the thread would be off the front page in an hour. Sure the mods could lock them and they'd pass by quicker, but they have jobs, they do this for free. Just don't respond if you have nothing helpful to say. And posting "I dunno" as a response to a question doesn't help either, except to pad post counts. I haven't been here that long or have a ton of posts but I do visit everyday and contribute when I have something to say that I think could be helpful. So does that make me also a "f'ing newb"?

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