Chady, your interpretation of bladx's post is quite interesting.

... newbies come here often to ask questions and aren't usually interested in signing up

I think that if that is the case, then we end up playing our part as the Wizard, while wide-eyed Dorothy newbies come and simply expect the easy answer on how to get home.

My point is that I don't want to help newbies if they have no intention on being a part of the community. This may sound harsh, but what if Ovid or chromatic decided that they just needed to use this site when they had a quick one-off question? What if merlyn decided that this was just another leech of his time? The thing is that everyone involved has to contribute. I think that is why bladx seems to think those of us who would rather just give a terse answer to newbies are being rude. It's because you can't get something for nothing in a gift culture. Everyone has to give and everyone gets what they need. One-off newbies are treated as such because there is such a wealth of information if they'd only look at the map. And the map is posted at nearly every major street corner.

ALL HAIL BRAK!!!

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Newbie madness, experienced ambiguity. by PsychoSpunk
in thread Newbie madness, experienced ambiguity. by bladx

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