what a great place this is.

emjaybee · 26-11-2016, 16:26

I just thought I put some thoughts down on "paper".

I have a bit of involvement in a couple of forums, this one being the main one. Something happened on the other forum which bought sharply into focus just how great this place is.

I was reading a post about a process and had a question. I posted the question in one sentence under the original post. The response I got back surprised me. I was basically told:

"I'm not telling you the answer, go a read up or google it until you get the answer, that's how you find things out, that's how I found out. Then you do trial and error yourself to work out whats right."

This from a forum supposedly to help people out and share information.

I suggested the person try Googling "arrogance" to which I got the reply "well if you can't be bothered to find out this is how you do it, I'm now offended and logging off" although it had no relevance to my question.

In the mean time someone else had already backed me up, and someone else had already given me a one line answer to my question.

Which brings me back to my point.

This is a GREAT forum. I have asked some pretty moronic questions, which when answered have made my feel like a numpty. But no-one, absolutely no-one has ever said "go away and find out somewhere else". I have seen some rather basic question asked, and answered in a sympathetic manner. After all, we all didn't know at some point.

So, lets carry on the good work, and help anyone else who comes along to learn and build on this great forum.

p.s. Lazy-Ferrett, you were quite right, there are some obnoxious asses on that forum who do take it too seriously.

26-11-2016, 16:26	#1
emjaybee Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Oxfordshire Vehicle: 3.0Di SVE '05 5 door. Posts: 1,536	what a great place this is. I just thought I put some thoughts down on "paper". I have a bit of involvement in a couple of forums, this one being the main one. Something happened on the other forum which bought sharply into focus just how great this place is. I was reading a post about a process and had a question. I posted the question in one sentence under the original post. The response I got back surprised me. I was basically told: "I'm not telling you the answer, go a read up or google it until you get the answer, that's how you find things out, that's how I found out. Then you do trial and error yourself to work out whats right." This from a forum supposedly to help people out and share information. I suggested the person try Googling "arrogance" to which I got the reply "well if you can't be bothered to find out this is how you do it, I'm now offended and logging off" although it had no relevance to my question. In the mean time someone else had already backed me up, and someone else had already given me a one line answer to my question. Which brings me back to my point. This is a GREAT forum. I have asked some pretty moronic questions, which when answered have made my feel like a numpty. But no-one, absolutely no-one has ever said "go away and find out somewhere else". I have seen some rather basic question asked, and answered in a sympathetic manner. After all, we all didn't know at some point. So, lets carry on the good work, and help anyone else who comes along to learn and build on this great forum. p.s. Lazy-Ferrett, you were quite right, there are some obnoxious asses on that forum who do take it too seriously.