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We've all seen it...
Someone new to the niche joins a forum, starts asking questions without using the search, and it's a lot of newbie questions.
Then expert members come out and bash and abuse the newbie for not using the search because their question has been answered over and over again.
Here's the problem I see: If so, many newbies are not using the search, then maybe no one really thinks about or knows about that feature from the get-go. They could be enduring that abuse for no good reason at all.
Personally, I think newbies get abused too much for making the mistake of being new and not knowing forum etiquette. I think that very thing has helped decrease the popularity of forums.
What do you all think about this?
Someone new to the niche joins a forum, starts asking questions without using the search, and it's a lot of newbie questions.
Then expert members come out and bash and abuse the newbie for not using the search because their question has been answered over and over again.
Here's the problem I see: If so, many newbies are not using the search, then maybe no one really thinks about or knows about that feature from the get-go. They could be enduring that abuse for no good reason at all.
Personally, I think newbies get abused too much for making the mistake of being new and not knowing forum etiquette. I think that very thing has helped decrease the popularity of forums.
What do you all think about this?