beason
Bash, Fix, Repeat..
I know i will probably get some flac for this, but i think it has to be said.
The practice of thread derailing is getting a bit excessive IMO and i think in the log run it will hurt the site.
I enjoy joking around and horseplay just as much as the next guy, but lately alot of threads have been destroyed that shouldnt have been. We all pride ourselves on this site in the fact that there is TONS of info documented in the archives. But if i was an new RC addict and came here, i would not want to wade through all the crap in order to get to the info i am looking for and would give up and move on. If you picked up a dictionary to look up a new word and had to flip through 5 pages of the national enquirer just to find the answer, you would go find a different dictionary.
I spend alot of time at my job searching the web for different solutions to the various degrees of destruction my users inflict on there computers, and more often then not i end up finding the solution on some forum. Just like a new RC hobbiest searching for info on a problem they may have. If I'm reading along looking for a fix to some weird issue for hours, and i hit what looks like the perfect documentation, then i see pages and pages of non related info, i will hit the back button and move on. When i am looking for an answer i want the answer, not a bunch of unrelated junk to sift through.
some threads are ment to be derailed and it is a riot seeing it crash and burn in all its glory, but when the user still hasnt gotten there question answered and people jump in with crap, it has to be annoing to the thread starter. Even when the question has been answered, if someone comes along a month later with the same issue and stumbles upon the thread with the answer. they have to waid through 5 pages of ass grabbing before they can fix there stuff. I for one would be turned off by it and go somewhere else.
Someone once posted that once the question was answered the thread was free game, but the next person that comes along and uses the search function to find that thread would be bombarded with pages of junk just to fix the issue. We tell users "the search is your friend" but when they can't find an answer because of 5 pages of junk covering it up its kind of pointless.
When the question hasnt even been answered or the user comes back saying what we suggested didnt work, and the thread has went to hell its hard to get back to there issue and help them. I for one am here first and foremost to help our fellow hobbiest, and hate to see the real issues fall through the cracks because everyone is filling it up with junk.
just an example is lessens thread on his PC. Sure its not RC related, but where all here to help wherever we can. His issue is still unfixed yet there is a page or so of stuff covering up the info i am trying to relay to him
I may be way off base, and I'm not trying to single out anyone, as i have participated in a few derails myself, but i think its getting rather rediculous.
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if i come off harsh I'm not trying to be, I'm just a blunt person, and that is the only way i know to relay my thoughts.
The practice of thread derailing is getting a bit excessive IMO and i think in the log run it will hurt the site.
I enjoy joking around and horseplay just as much as the next guy, but lately alot of threads have been destroyed that shouldnt have been. We all pride ourselves on this site in the fact that there is TONS of info documented in the archives. But if i was an new RC addict and came here, i would not want to wade through all the crap in order to get to the info i am looking for and would give up and move on. If you picked up a dictionary to look up a new word and had to flip through 5 pages of the national enquirer just to find the answer, you would go find a different dictionary.
I spend alot of time at my job searching the web for different solutions to the various degrees of destruction my users inflict on there computers, and more often then not i end up finding the solution on some forum. Just like a new RC hobbiest searching for info on a problem they may have. If I'm reading along looking for a fix to some weird issue for hours, and i hit what looks like the perfect documentation, then i see pages and pages of non related info, i will hit the back button and move on. When i am looking for an answer i want the answer, not a bunch of unrelated junk to sift through.
some threads are ment to be derailed and it is a riot seeing it crash and burn in all its glory, but when the user still hasnt gotten there question answered and people jump in with crap, it has to be annoing to the thread starter. Even when the question has been answered, if someone comes along a month later with the same issue and stumbles upon the thread with the answer. they have to waid through 5 pages of ass grabbing before they can fix there stuff. I for one would be turned off by it and go somewhere else.
Someone once posted that once the question was answered the thread was free game, but the next person that comes along and uses the search function to find that thread would be bombarded with pages of junk just to fix the issue. We tell users "the search is your friend" but when they can't find an answer because of 5 pages of junk covering it up its kind of pointless.
When the question hasnt even been answered or the user comes back saying what we suggested didnt work, and the thread has went to hell its hard to get back to there issue and help them. I for one am here first and foremost to help our fellow hobbiest, and hate to see the real issues fall through the cracks because everyone is filling it up with junk.
just an example is lessens thread on his PC. Sure its not RC related, but where all here to help wherever we can. His issue is still unfixed yet there is a page or so of stuff covering up the info i am trying to relay to him
I may be way off base, and I'm not trying to single out anyone, as i have participated in a few derails myself, but i think its getting rather rediculous.
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if i come off harsh I'm not trying to be, I'm just a blunt person, and that is the only way i know to relay my thoughts.
