Using search!

[The Joker]

After reading a couple of recent threads where a couple of members have had a right dig about certain questions that do the rounds and people not using the search function.

I get a little "oh god here we go again" myself when certain similar questions are asked, but then I choose not to read them.

If newbies or old timers used the search function to answer there questions all the time then probably no one would post because there would be no need to. At the end of the day on BCUK I should think that most questions about most topics would have been asked at some point, so no doubt the answers are all there waiting for us.

I know its tough guys but we were all newbies once asking the same old questions, so lets show a little more patience and consideration.

 

[JonathanD]

I agree with you. Most things have been covered here and after six years plus one as a lurker, I've seen them all. But if we all searched, then it would just be a reference site and not a forum. I don't mind the same things covered time and time again, like you, I don't read them. Although saying that, new perspectives and changing views are always found in these threads, so we should check them out now and again, as this can be valuable.

 

[Nagual]

Not only that, but since new people are joining all the time and as time goes on we all learn and experience more, so there is collectively more knowledge to go around. So sometimes asking an old question again isn't a bad thing. That said, there is still a place for using search.

 

[The Joker]

I agree with you. Most things have been covered here and after six years plus one as a lurker, I've seen them all. But if we all searched, then it would just be a reference site and not a forum. I don't mind the same things covered time and time again, like you, I don't read them. Although saying that, new perspectives and changing views are always found in these threads, so we should check them out now and again, as this can be valuable.

Not only that, but since new people are joining all the time and as time goes on we all learn and experience more, so there is collectively more knowledge to go around. So sometimes asking an old question again isn't a bad thing. That said, there is still a place for using search.

I agree with both of you, I just think if I was a newbie and I got shot down in flames for not using "search" it would put me off coming back to the site.

 

[JonathanD]

I agree with both of you, I just think if I was a newbie and I got shot down in flames for not using "search" it would put me off coming back to the site.

It would definately put me off. It's hard enough making a first post or opening a new thread without being shot down for it. A definately think a little leeway and tolerance is needed, and certainly NOT the aggressive posts you sometimes see.

The Bushcraft/Survival thread recently opened is a case in point. When I saw that I thought "not again!!", but I just ignored it. I thought this thread must have been triggered by that one and just went and read it. The subject has been broached many many times, but I was surprised by some very new and very good answers to the question.

 

[Tony]

Absolutely agree, curtsey and a welcoming attitude isn't too much to ask of anyone on here.

 

[JonathanD]

Absolutely agree, curtsey and a welcoming attitude isn't too much to ask of anyone on here.

Must we curtsey? Us blokes will look daft.

 

[TeeDee]

Must we curtsey? Us blokes will look daft.

No. We will only look Daft-er

 

[bivibabe]

Must we curtsey? Us blokes will look daft.

Not just Us but also Uk, Aus and every bloke..