To all those seeking help.
So recently I've noticed a rather unsettling pattern. Quite a few users have been asking for help then either berating the person helping with things like:
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Quoted from Cairren (sticked at the top of the interface help forums) Quote:
So please keep in mind that if someone trying to help seems to be giving you overly basic instructions something that you may know and have tried it is because we don't know what you have done if you don't tell us. The devil is in the details so to speak. And for those that are not very skillful please let us know this. We can give detailed replies or link you to specific directions for certain operations. Don't forget troubleshooting steps exist for a reason. They won't kill you. 20 minutes out of your play time is not the end of the world. If you honestly don't want to lose that time then I suggest avoiding addons as there is a time investment involved on occasion. Also bear in mind we are doing this because we enjoy it. So please check the attitude at the door. Asking for help then being rude about the help you get is just a fast way to not get any more help. To those helping, please give the same courtesy. Quote:
Politeness goes a long way. Thank you for your time if you made it this far. :D /wall of text off |
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I'd like to add that responders should also be polite in there responses. If you think the original poster didn't read the faqs or didn't do enough research on their own, so be it. Feel free to point them at the faqs along with any suggestions or just don't respond but way too often I see somebody ask a question to only get berated/insulted and given no help whatsoever.
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This needs to be a sticky!!
On a side note... the very things you've stated in your post is why a lot of us either don't help people anymore or have slowed down with the help that we offer. Dealing with unappreciative little brats gets old after awhile. |
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Nice work MidgetMage! Hong Kong Phooey would be proud.:D
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Maybe we can be done with conversations like these... Quote:
And to those who do answer politely, even when dealing with the most "difficult" of people... Thank you for making this site an exception to the internet. I wish every community online could be as civilized as this one, even when the most controversial topics arise. Kudos to "The Team" for helping keep it this way. |
I'll admit that my reading skills aren't what they used to be ;)
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Good job MM55 ... I too agree that this should be stickied ..
I have no qualms with helping anyone .. even after they are rude. (I feel like this just happened to me recently ... :rolleyes: ) I have been working in retail for 15+ years now and have come across WAY too many rude people and are more or less numb to it now so it doesn't bother me anymore). Thankfully though the really nice people usually out weight the jerks. |
*points out that it's already been stickied* ;)
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Aww my first sticky post. Thanks for the kind words. :D
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<_< >_> Nah just kdding :) Now some on topic stuff. Quote:
I like helping people. I like trying to solve their problems. But a little politeness and consideration in a post for help goes a long way. One of my pet hates is people who post stuff in one long run on sentence or in one long paragraph IE in one long block of text. I'm sorry guys but when I see someone posting in one big block of text I don't read it. It may seem elitist of me but with one big block of text it makes it harder for me to read it. Or to keep track of where I was in reading it. Or where in the post certain details are. It's incredibly easy to lose track of where you were in one big block of text and I often miss details out. |
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