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Posted June 11, 2020
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dtgreene: By the way, another irritating thing that I have encountered:
* User creates a topic, describing a problem that they're having.
* User finds a solution, and posts that they found one.
* User does not post the solution in the topic
Can't say anything about the remainder, but I've made responses to people in threads (that I've read) asking them to put what solutions they found worked for them into their posts, assuming they managed to solve their problem.

A "nevermind, I fixed it" and then dead silence is counterproductive. Definitely worth at least asking them to post their solution or where they might have found one and just hope they weren't a visit once, never return forum user.
Posted June 12, 2020
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TheMonkofDestiny: A "nevermind, I fixed it" and then dead silence is counterproductive. Definitely worth at least asking them to post their solution or where they might have found one and just hope they weren't a visit once, never return forum user.
I've seen these topics, and the people asking about that solution. And a lot of silences...
It's 2020 and everybody is online... most are not interested in communicating on a forum. They just want to play their games, like in the good old Nintendo (or smartphone, for the kids) days. Is that wrong? Nope! Does that deserve understanding? ....
Posted June 12, 2020
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dtgreene: By the way, another irritating thing that I have encountered:
* User creates a topic, describing a problem that they're having.
* User finds a solution, and posts that they found one.
* User does not post the solution in the topic

(Some time later)
* Another person (who might not have an account on this forum) has the same problem
* Said person searches the problem in the search engion
* The topic comes up as a top result
* Person checks the topic, expecting it to have a solution
* Person is disappointed and annoyed that the topic doesn't have a solution, even though the original user had found one.
Agreed. Very annoying. I've come across such posts from time to time online. Gets frustrating.
Posted June 12, 2020
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teceem: I've seen these topics, and the people asking about that solution. And a lot of silences...
It's 2020 and everybody is online... most are not interested in communicating on a forum. They just want to play their games, like in the good old Nintendo (or smartphone, for the kids) days. Is that wrong? Nope! Does that deserve understanding? ....
Nope! If they took ~10 minutes away from their game, mini mobile idol or Nintendo-based lifeform to post somewhere asking for help then they can be held to the expectation of response.

Mockery from both of us aside, the answers online don't just populate out of the ether. The problems aren't always as open and shut universally. If one person does solve something on their own, without aid of an undisclosed third party, then they absolutely should at least be asked to post the solution that worked for them - maybe a "I found the answer somewhere else" is enough to suggest through inference that anyone experiencing the same can start digging for it on their own. It's not like it's being mandated by law that they ever respond, but it would be courteous if they did.
Posted June 12, 2020
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teceem: My point? Maybe "teaching others" would really make a difference in a very small community, but on the GOG forum as it is now... you're just doing it to make yourself feel better (and/or wasting a lot of your time). Have you ever seen that meme: "somebody is WRONG on the internet..."?
One never knows if they can make a difference until they try. ;)

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teceem: I've seen these topics, and the people asking about that solution. And a lot of silences...
It's 2020 and everybody is online... most are not interested in communicating on a forum. They just want to play their games, like in the good old Nintendo (or smartphone, for the kids) days. Is that wrong? Nope! Does that deserve understanding? ....
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TheMonkofDestiny: Nope! If they took ~10 minutes away from their game, mini mobile idol or Nintendo-based lifeform to post somewhere asking for help then they can be held to the expectation of response.

Mockery from both of us aside, the answers online don't just populate out of the ether. The problems aren't always as open and shut universally. If one person does solve something on their own, without aid of an undisclosed third party, then they absolutely should at least be asked to post the solution that worked for them - maybe a "I found the answer somewhere else" is enough to suggest through inference that anyone experiencing the same can start digging for it on their own. It's not like it's being mandated by law that they ever respond, but it would be courteous if they did.
Well said
Post edited June 12, 2020 by GameRager
Posted June 15, 2020
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MightyFloTheKing: […] I also think that newbies get better, the more they post. People need practice.
This helps with both: better use of the English language and a better understanding of how to formulate questions or topic titles. […]
And the idiom (the way people formulate their questions and answers) also evolves over time, a process identified with Socrates, a dialectical evolution. :)
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teceem: My point? Maybe "teaching others" would really make a difference in a very small community, but on the GOG forum as it is now... you're just doing it to make yourself feel better (and/or wasting a lot of your time). Have you ever seen that meme: "somebody is WRONG on the internet..."?
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TheMonkofDestiny: […] Mockery from both of us aside, the answers online don't just populate out of the ether. The problems aren't always as open and shut universally. If one person does solve something on their own, without aid of an undisclosed third party, then they absolutely should at least be asked to post the solution that worked for them - maybe a "I found the answer somewhere else" is enough to suggest through inference that anyone experiencing the same can start digging for it on their own. It's not like it's being mandated by law that they ever respond, but it would be courteous if they did.
Since the brain is hard-wired to forget,* I would add:
To teach is to learn twice.
Joseph Joubert's maxim.

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* While Jost's law doesn't demonstrate this specifically, it does reïnforce the lesson (a meta-reference, nested within the memory conversation :).
See: Ebbinghaus.
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