Michael Ang said:
hi,
personally i am not asking to be spoonfed.. doubt anybody who post a query here is asking for that too... we just need some doubts cleared...
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so having said so, pls do keep that in mind before posting any other mean and unnecessary hostility here.. thank you.
Now, i do understand where you are coming from and i too joined this forum not too long after it's conception. Alot of us here have this is place grow and alot of us have come to embrace this community as our own...
You see people come in and post... and yes, of course it would be easy to just ignore questions or post you don't want to answer but then again, if you don't reply, there will be people who will start posting in other forums (photographic or otherwise) about how unfriendly or unhelpful the members are. But if we do reply, and subsequently have a culture of spoonfeeding that becomes entrenched, then what? Look at this post below:
Matrix said:
abit lazy to seach...so many wordszzzzzzz
It basically demostrates the kind of mentality people have. Too lazy. Well, fair enough but in that case, if these people are willing to come right out and tell everyone about their attitude towards even a hobby they are supposed to be interested in, but are too lazy to go read up or even search from a available resource, then what is stopping someone else from taking post shots at him/her? If you want to project you have that certain amount of maturity and then have someone treat you accordingly to that level, then why whine about it?
Fair game and free speech i say. You can mention that people have their reasons for posting and asking. Once again, yes, i do agree but on the flip side, there are always reasons that people would fire off a volley or two at these people as well.
And if you delve further, you will realise that there are a few members who often ask questions and "expect" to be answered. If thats the kind of attitude they have, there will be others with similar attitudes who would want to tell them off.
In fact, if i may be as blunt, if you can come out and mention that people can ignore the questions they don't like, you can also similarly ignore the "nasty" posts you come across. But you chose to speak up for the good of the community and i do applaud that. You decided to take a stand towards these nasty, aggresive members who posts such threads... but then again, you will have others who look at this thread in a different way. Who is to say whats right and wrong?
The population here is generally have a very amicable if not friendly attitude towards newbies. Even if it's a silly question, more often than not, there will always be someone who will step up and answer it. (EG. How do i post pictures on this forum. And you still see people faithfully directing the confused newbie to a set of detailed instructions)
It's always easy to have one person come right out and say, "no one helps me", or "this place is unfriendly" but the person must also reflect and see if he or she is at fault in the first place or not. And more often than not, if anyone is nasty, the mods to step right in to manage the situation, to the best of their abilities.
This forum has always been very receptive to newbies and it wouldn't be fair to say that people here only cater to newbies. Just look around you. The tutorials, the write ups, the questions about workflow (which get replied) or things related to photography that are worthy of mention are all posted by different members.
There is a flip side to every coin. And they is always a different perspective. As i mentioned earlier, i do understand where you are coming from and this post isn't meant to be nasty or sarcastic in anyway.
Take this as food for thought if you will...
