[chirp_users] Concurrance

[George Hale Jr.]

Like my Mother always said, "If you do not have anything nice to say, do
not talk at all". I'm astonished on how bad some forums treat newbees. Yes,
it gets old sometimes answering the same basic question many times, But
giving a rude answer will only keep others from seeking help. Do we want
the hobby to grow. or wither away as we all get old?

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Al Jones <al at aljones.us> wrote:

> I like the give and take from all the people here *except* that there are
> times when it's not helpful at all.
>
> We get a new member who doesn't know what he's doing, thinks he's read
> everything and is still missing "something" --- and one of our beneficent
> members replies "RTFM!"  or someone else chimes in with "get the right
> cable!" or better yet "That won't work!"
>
> Those one line zingers are not only NO help, they're probably going to turn
> off some guy who might eventually be the one to help someone else, down the
> line.
>
> I have a friend who had a Linux problem and the response he got here was -
> "It works fine with *my* Ubuntu!"  Sometimes confirmation that something
> works is a big help, it just means that we're not looking in the right
> place.  When I phrased his question differently I got some great assistance
> ... there are some good guys here and to them I say "Thanks!"
>
> << tripping off my soapbox, sorry >>
>
>
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