- Mar 26, 2019
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The "snark" here is justified:You left out the snark that comes out if they ask an often repeated question. Most of them know this game inside and out. But a reply to an easy question for them will be. Look it up themselves. It has been asked before look at other pages. Don't you know how to use the search function?
This is the only forum I've participated in to any extent (out of the RC flight, astronomy, motorcycling, audio etc. forums I visit) where people ask so many questions that are, more often than not, answered on the same page that they're posting to. Most people in other forums realize, even on their first visit, that's it's actually faster 95% of the time to use whatever the forum's search feature is instead of asking something and waiting n amount of time for a response.
Searching is so much the norm and so ingrained in the culture of every other forum I've ever seen that the mods are usually the ones that advise junior members to use the search feature. Hell, I've seen mods give users official warnings for asking redundant questions and, while I'm not suggesting that we should have that degree of formality, it's hard for many people that have been online for any length of time to read some of the "oh hey cant be bothered to read anything so chew my food for me" without getting frustrated. It's heartening to see the mods themselves occasionally remind people that they can find the information in seconds by searching.
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