It's one of those things that sometimes people aren't just reasoning logically, sometimes out of frustration and/or desperation. They forget the whole point of the board is to help. They sometimes forget that there's a search feature, and often don't check it for it's useful filters. They forget that entire board is going to see their thread, as opposed to the one PM they've sent to one person who may or may not be online anytime soon. They don't really think about the fact that if I was participating in a thread, that their PM is showing up right above my New Post subscription to the same thread. Desperation has made them think they're going to get lost in the shuffle, and slow reply or no reply makes them think they're being ignored. They often say "please help me", which is very polite and certainly a virtue, but it's kinda why we're here. And they really sometimes do think someone has the answer, not realizing that if no one has the answer, well, as I said, that wouldn't be very helpful if everyone one of us bumped the thread saying, "eh, I don't know. Good luck!"
01-23-2013, 02:13 AM
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