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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: apologyRe: apology
From: Christopher Chaltain <cchaltain_at_austin.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:52:52 -0500 On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:00:32 -0700 Grant Hardy <granthardy_at_telus.net> wrote: > You're of course not obligated to answer a > question if you feel it's too obvious to deserve an answer, but if > you're going to go to the trouble of producing a response, > immaculately tailored to the strict netiquette of RB posting format > guidelines, you may as well just answer the question instead of > telling someone to check it in the manual. I get a good chuckle out > of people who, for example, produce an indignant "just Google it!" > response to someone, complete with an illustrative link that will take > them to a Google search results page. The people in question always > go on about how much trouble it is when people don't take the > initiative and Google things for themselves...but then, why would they > have gone to the trouble of producing a supposedly illustrative > message complete with a Google search results link? Ironic...no? Wow, and I thought I was being helpful when I would look up the answer on Google or in the manual for someone who couldn't or wouldn't look it up for themselves and then tell them the answer as well as where I found it. I assumed this was actually illustrative instead of only supposedly so. I guess your suggesting I just don't bother so people either don't get their question answered or get it answered in a way where they won't be able to answer the next question on their own. Another reason I do this is because I may know the answer, but I want to check my facts or the wording of my response. If I'm going to Google or search the manual to double check things, I figure, why not include this in my reply. Furthermore, I assume it lends credibility to my statement. How many times have I seen someone post a seemingly authoritative response to a question only to find out they were going by memory or their own experience and ended up being wrong? This is why I'm always a bit perplexed when people so quickly resort to a mailing list to get an answer to a question instead of using Google or referring to the manual. I've seen several instances lately where someone has purchased a portable media player or a cell phone based on information they got off of a mailing list only to find out the information they got was wrong or misleading. -- Christopher cchaltain_at_austin.rr.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.htmlReceived on 2009-06-21 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |