Same happened to me when I joined the Fedora dlist and asked some newbie question which I'm too ashamed to remember now :-)
Point is, the time it takes to reply with a "you're wasting my time" could actually be used to give some help. If peeps are too busy why bothering replying with nasty comments in the first place?!
Just my 2 cents...
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:37:08 -0700, Collins Richey crichey@gmail.com wrote:
Every list goes through this sort of thrashing:
- There are some users who are too self-important to remember back
when they were once n00bs. From what I've heard, these are the bulk of users on the Debian lists <grin>.
- There are others who can provide the simple answer AND a gentle
reminder where the n00b might find the answer him/herself. What's the old saying: "You ctch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
- Then there is the group (actually, subcategory of 1) who never has
any time and can't be bothered to read anything other than super-intellectual stuff and who fills the replies with "your're wasting our time."
The most successful lists have a lot of users in category 2.
Enjoy,
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