What is this forum for?

I agree with the point of the post (there's a difference between SL specific questions and SL content questions), but it's unfair to focus on a single person though.

Someone new to the forums is going to ask the kinds of questions they see other people ask. Failing resmod intervention (which most don't seem to want on that level), it's up to frequent posters to (nicely) point out when there's a place more suited for that kind of question. The in-world 'Fashion Emergency' group for clothing related questions comes to mind, the Scripting forums for script-related questions, etc.

(And I still wish people would use search more than they do. Most questions can be answered within seconds by doing a simple search)

My take? Be kind, helpful, funny, serious...or be silent. Unless a person is being offensive, trolling, or otherwise unpleasant, why sweat the small stuff?

If I can contribute an answer I will, if can't I won't, and many times I'll just skim through the threads. And frankly I've found some good info in the posts that were listed.

So if you don't like someone's repetitive post...eat some pie and skip over it.

oh i've noticed one of those too, wonder if it's the same one?

yeah "search" (while somewhat unreliable at times) can be a great thing

You know, the day we start running people out of a forum called ANSWERS because some of us think that there are too many stupid questions, then we've crossed the line from being helpful to just being a**holes.

Just sayin.....

I agree, but I've seen too many genuine questions I couldn't answer being dropped off the front page and ignored, bumped down by questions that are truly asinine, or not even questions at all.

Is that being helpful?

Um...look down at the bottom of the page, Chas. See the little page numbers? Click on 2 to go to the next page.

That's what I always do...and I keep going until I run out of threads with "New Post In Here" markers.

Okay, like a lot of the people here, I truly did believe that there were no questions too stupid to deserve an answer on this forum. That's what the forum is for. I've learned a lot and had a lot of fun along the way from derailed threads that could, perhaps, be answered with a simple yes or no. I'm also more than happy to help people with genuine questions and problems, both here and in world.
But I must admit to to feeling slightly miffed (putting it very gently) at a new breed of poster who seem to believe that this forum is here to answer any radom question at all that pops into their, apparently rather empty, heads. They have no intention of checking other sources of information before they ask and, besides that, the majority of their questions don't actually belong in this section of the forum.

Chaos is bad, I know, but we now have someone who over the past few days has posed these singularly challenging questions:

Collar hmmm?
Slot machines?
Is this possible?
Red on minimap?
Spam for buying L$?
Group land, how does it affect tier?
Amethyst tattle TOS?
Piggybank?
Circular landing?
To ban or not to ban?
Which AR is responded to the fastest?

Perhaps I'm being hard, but it strikes me that this person knew the answers to many of these questions. After all, how many two-month old newbies have a substantial amount of land, are fairly accomplished builders (I took a peak), have a business and a family of mistresses and pets. And why do we have to have questions that really belong in any number of forums except this one?

Are we here to help people choose which collar to wear, or how to script a nonsensical piggybank?

Okiphia, what's the game?

Oh, and where's Bigwig? I miss him

You know, the day we start running people out of a forum called ANSWERS because some of us think that there are too many stupid questions, then we've crossed the line from being helpful to just being a**holes.

Just sayin.....