I was just wondering, what is the point of posting in the forums anymore. If I sound depressed, I'm not. Just wondering about what is the point of posting in the forums when half the questions are the same, when all you get is a "lol yea yea yea lol" for an answer, and when every thread that its starting intention is to be a friendly debate ultimately turns into a flamefest. And for people to have such an internet ego, an ego that tells them to flame or ignore everything that makes them wrong. (unavoidable I know, but once you look at it from a different point of view you'll see that it is silly at the best) I quote from a major member who said this, "I give the forums a lot, they don't give back."
You know what Toiletman,I also ask myself that same question every now and then.I really don't have an answer,but I often find myself coming back and posting to help others out all the time.I just think it is the right thing to do,help others out with what you know.I don't need help most of the time,but if I need help I normally try to figure out my probs on my own.
Don't judge me by my status here.. but if you ever had a problem wouldn't you feel welcomed enough as to post in the forums also? I know posting in the forums can seem a chore sometimes, especially when you're trying to help out others, but the feeling you get when the post back that whatever problem they had has now been solved (Well, the one's that do say so). if indescribible. It may not seem much but you have helped someone out and you may think "Oh yeah, It's just tellin' someone what to do" but it's an acomplishment solely on its own, you should feel proud to have helped someone out. Not everything is all problematic, that's what the safety valve is for, discussing anything. "Tell everyone how the world sucks, or just how great it is". Don't feel disheartened at all those Newbies who don't have the decency to treat members with respect (especially higher-ranked members) they'll learn soon enough. And if they don't? Who cares. It's their problem. -Mike
If that is what you are looking for when you join a forum, than you have the wrong attitude. When I joined I did not expect this forum to give anything to me, I expected to give whatever help I could to others. If someone said along the way than I felt gratified. Yes problems and questions are often redundant, but that is the nature of life. This is experienced in every forum and not just this one. Maybe the point of posting for me is a question of self-worth, my own.
Toiletman you think to much my friend.If you want some respite from this heavy burden come add your voice to some of my ridiculous threads.Mayhap this might bring some cheer to thou my friend.I miss thou foulness and your loudness . respectively the court jester
i know i am new here but this site has me to learn a lot...i didn't anything before but this site has given me some foundation...and to all i say THANK YOU....
As a techie, i look to work-friendly forums for some escape from the lulls at work. I post fairly frequently in the kind of forums where you rarely get the 1000s of samey questions. I guess it's as Unix-related forums are not as 'mainstream' as pc-related forums so don't attract half the planet/youngsters. Sometimes you ask yourself why you regurgitate the same ole stuff but i don't think you'll ever get away from ppl who don't want to or don't think to search for themselves. I guess it's the huge amount of subject matter at afterdawn that keeps me hanging around! ; I find the DVD forums here very useful and i get a lot of good info out of them. I try to be of help to others if i know enough (or almost enough) about a certain subject. I do this i guess as i was able to find enough info out on the internet when i started self-teaching myself a new career, and i know there are ppl out there who will take what you give them and build on it with further knowledge too. Plus it's a way to exercise the brain by keeping myself learning. (a nice distraction from Unix, even though i suppose i have to keep learning about that too!) However I don't trust myself (yet) to frequent the PC forums as i'll never come up for air
