(08-04-2016 2:37 PM)TrojanMagician Wrote: Honestly, I think you guys are being way too harsh on newbies when they ask questions that are not blatantly found by the search function. I have abused the search function for the last couple weeks reading as much as I can about prouducts, and one thing I found ironic was there were some very specific questions/threads I found with the search function that I wanted to investigate, but they were shut down by some "experienced user" rudely telling them to use the search function. I thought this was a community?!
Like anywhere else, this is a community. Were one established member of the community to ask another, "Hey, do you know a combo that will help me get 19yo midget girls to lick my earlobes?" the second guy would lend a hand. This is because they've known each other for a while on here, and each knows that the other contributes to what makes PheroTruth a good board.
An overwhelmingly large number of newbies do not ever go on to become contributing members of any forum. They seagull it*. Guys who show up and use their FIRST post to ask a common question (ignoring all of the suggestions to introduce oneself, use the search function, Google, etc) are even less likely to contribute.
These guys have other things to do. They've got friends, hobbies, girls to pickup, other boards, jobs, books, school, sports, noses to pick and paint that might not dry unwatched. Why should anyone carve time away from watching grass grow to help a complete stranger learn to piss without hitting their shoes? This isn't something heroic, like rescuing puppies from a fire. There are FAQ's, two ways to search (google and the board's built-in function), and newbie guides.
Many people seem to think that every newbie is entitled to kid-gloved handling, swaddling, handholding, and asswiping just for being a newbie with a request. The world doesn't work that way. If you want something from someone, show them some value that you're providing to them. It's like walking through a city of beggars, every one of them asking for "just a quarter", but there's 4000 of them, so you run out of quarters in a jiffy.
It is incumbent upon the newbie to set himself apart from the teeming masses of asshats out there by following the rules, following the recommendations, searching for answers, and proving that they will be of value to the community before asking that the community provide them with value. Otherwise, he's a beggar, and beggars should not complain when no one drops a nickel in their hat. You may advocate for them, and spend your scarce resources on them: that's your choice. It is also the choice of others to ignore those requests, point them toward the search function, or chew them out for not conforming to the standards of the community.
* Fly in, crap all over everything, and fly out.