Usually, such a person is trying to get his problem solved by spoonfeeding. Such people ask questions whenever they get stuck, and from the answer, only pick the things that bring them closer to their goal. And if they hit another bump, they ask new questions.

There isn't much you can do about that. You can reply 100 times with the advice to read a manual. 100 people can reply with that advice. But as long as there are people who give them bite size solutions to their specific problems, they are rewarded. It's a very efficient strategy, straight from Darwins theory books. IMO, the best thing you can do is to ignore such posts. It won't stop them from asking (not unless everyone ignores their posts), but at least you aren't spending many resourse. Not much more than glancing at their posts (and if we had killfiles, you wouldn't have to spend time glancing at their posts either).

Abigail

In reply to Re: Is this the right way to learn? by Abigail-II
in thread Is this the right way to learn? by pg

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