On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 07:30:46AM +0000, John Long wrote: > > Asking on a mailing list, where someone (or many someones) almost > > certainly knows the answer without looking it up, AND will reply to > > you usually in less than 5 minutes, while you go make yourself a nice > > cup of tea, is a much more productive and less frustrating way to > > solve the problem, and should be encouraged, not discouraged. > > Otherwise why are we here? > > But it's a two way street at least it should be. I gave the best answer I > had since I also use Emacs with Mutt. But my answer wasn't acknowledged. I > took the time to respond and I see my time wasn't appreciated. So now I'm > very less likely to answer anything from this person in the future.
I understand what you're saying, but I think that's a pretty unrealistic attitude to take to not receiving acknowledgement to a mailing list post. Many threads generate a lot of responses (though this one did generate only a few responses which weren't part of my netiquette rant)... It's not reasonable to expect a question poster to acknowledge every response; nor is it desirable. You would just end up with a massive thank-you-fest. Another answer was acknowledged; that answer was the one that Paul was specifically looking for. While I appreciate knowing my answers were helpful, I really don't want people posting thank-you messages to every post unless they contribute something beyond an expression of gratitude. That also is just noise. > Back to your subject, agreed RTFM posts aren't helpful. They only > demonstrate the person posting the RTFM has more time than manners. In 95% > of RTFM cases a helpful answer would take less effort and bandwidth than the > rant that inevitably comes with their RTFM post! I agree completely. > > Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 > > I'll have a large pepperoni to go! =8^) --Captain Pizza -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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