04-22-2021, 10:34 PM
(04-22-2021, 09:16 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Not the very congenial bunch (a bit like here:))
Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, I think you folks are great, and nothing like the people I referenced in my previous post.
And I'm sure that it does get monotonous having person after person asking "Does anybody have a recipe for mud?" So I understand where impatience can sometimes come from.
But, the nature of the abuse I described earlier. at these other places,... Well not to rail incessantly, I'll just say it at times appears as though the "authority" is enjoying the brow beating, just a little too much. Almost like feeding time at the zoo when a n00b shows up.
Personally I've been relatively fortunate, but frequently I've seen others get pretty beat up, and just being honest, seeing the way they were treated made me highly reluctant to ask questions, not wanting to be the next head in the barrel.
It kind of boils down to this: If Linux Guru spends the greater share of his time going around the forum and cautioning new comers that he hasn't got time for questions beneath his level of expertise, then why is it he's got time to go around looking for people to browbeat? Why can't he just leave the 101 level questions for others to handle, and devote his elite skills where they do the most good? I think the red text above fairly well captures the essence.
And just to assure context, no It doesn't make me feel "injured", or whatever...back as I said in my previous post, it just seems contra-productive to "growing the brand".
Over the years I've heard a lot of hypothetical questions that at their root boil down to "what will it take for Linux to supplant Windows?" And agents acting as described above, I don't think are gaining much ground for that cause.
Who knows? Perhaps their own come uppance was a rocky one, and they see it as a rite of passage they must pass on...lol!