Quote Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=75797#post7 5797

In which case I did start off with a friendly link to another thread asking his EXACT same question. In essense, the response is that thread is "here are links to other software that works and is for free -- look them up".

The "fanboi'"s don't start jumping on people unless...
a) there are multiple IDENTICAL threads on the FRONT PAGE of the forum the OP is posting on.... check
b) the question itself is ANSWERED in multiple stickies and wiki pages... check
c) given the above two options, the OP wants to be handfed information -- as seen by quotes like "plz help URGENT" or "help plz make it easy" and lack of "I tried searching and..." or "I can't find the answer anywhere..." ... check
I'll give you those points

However, his name was definetly German, and he DID say "ans pls in easy english", which to me says, a lot of people were probably wasting a lot of typing time because
he's not really good at reading long, involved flames/arguments in English, and possibly wanted help in being pointed to the correct thread of one of the free MB software out there
due to his English skills.

I suppose if I went to a German forum and knew a few German words, I would ask the same thing in really bad German, because I wouldn't know what words to type in a search
engine, and with what little German I knew, I certainly wouldn't be able to glean any information from the titles of stickies etc...or even which stickies to read

I just like to give the 'benefit of the doubt" before hitting my "judgment" hotkey ^^

I know that on all forums (I do it myself on other forums) the long-time regulars get extremely tired of people hopping in a forum with a '1 post history' and say things like "help plz LOL" etc,
and I KNOW there are a LOT of lazy jerks out there that do just that, even though all the information they need is right on the front page, right next to a large red candy-like button that says "SEARCH",
but I tend to look at these on a case-by-case basis, is the person just being lazy with a "lollers hlep plox"! or does it look like they can barely understand what they're typing in a different language?

Oh well, I don't mean to drag this thread out, just food for thought I guess