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Originally Posted by SandraMoon
You know what the first rule of this forum is? I do because I just signed up..
It is this: Discuss things politely.
Really nobody asks you specifically to answer this question so why answer at all? Just leave the question to other people and if nobody answers then he/she will know that they should figure it out themselves.
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You actually managed to achieve a little miracle. I thought about my behavior patterns for a little while.
Let me give you a little of my perspective in return.
This is OT, please excuse me, or bare with me if you like.
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..and if nobody answers then he/she will know that they should figure it out themselves.
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This, sadly enough - doesnt work. I dont know if you've been on social media as of late, but what actually happens is, that people start to tell each other what they want to believe, what feels good, or what they expect is situationally appropriate.
Its much more likely, that someone gives a "I think thats the way it is" answer, with no background knowledge whatsoever, than that a question that stays unanswered, would ever be interpreted as "you know - maybe I should do some research on my own".
I've read a five page blog entry from the premier newscaster of my country (the one with the most twitter followers
(Armin Wolf to name the source) ) today, he wrote in accordance with him speaking on the german media event of the year - in which he proclaims, that social media ruined debate culture, and that decency - online - is basically dead (replaced with political correctness bubbles, that each side plays in to their hearts content and expected conformist behavior without anyone questioning its purpose). To break that down even further, people would much rather be talked nice to, than to show any signs of what it takes to tackle or question a "truth" (uncomfortable opinion, however you'd want to put it).
Thats the flavor - but back to the example at hand. Lets say a low effort question draws a wrong answer. A working community is then supposed to correct it, right? In the end its always the same few voices, that go by that code, and put in the effort. In short, it doesnt scale.
So there is something in "blame them for trying" - so instead of going by - lets just ignore that internally I just thought "I will not tell you, that I wont try every app, that you random internet user would like me to, even if that might entail signing up for a "web service", just to give you a subjective assessment on which you can base your purchase decision on" - you actually tell them.
You wouldnt do that for everyone. I will not do that for everyone. Your purchase decision is based on a subjective hunch from a person you dont know. If you base most important decisions on that, thats an issue (media literacy). I have no vested interest in you purchasing the same thing a I did. If information is out there that should give you a rough idea, on how it affects your usecase, go by that - and kiss the notion goodbye, that everything has to be tailored to be a personalized support experience.
Now for forum rules.
I was the guy that basically insisted, that this community failed all their peers, when Amazon, over night, changed to a closed, proprietary file format, and started to exchange peoples eBooks ON DEVICE (whispersync), and this community failed to say anything other than "oh what a lovely new font the new format comes advertised with". I insisted that "the ebook format - only amazon is allowed to create" is a farce - (they tell authors, please send us epubs and mobis/azw3s - then make something out of that, that noone is allowed to understand in concept) and that this needs to be addressed.
It doesnt feel right to me to then in return adhere to common decency rules, when they suggest, that only acting PC should be seen as the cornerstone of a working community. To me acting PC is the cornerstone of making advertisers happy that no conflict ever is allowed - and thats about it.
I take my chances, and would rather be banned, than to conform to a ruleset that suggests, that people will take hints in silence, because talking about the abusive tendencies of "support communities" (Thanks, bye!) is seen as an issue.
Most people have "gamed" social forums and reputation systems for years ("Now which one should I buy - and can you fix my PC?") at this point. Debate culture is at an all time low. The "search for objective truth" and journalism are "out". Fake believe systems are all the rage, while safe spaces are in high demand. I'm not the person to just conform to that - I'm sorry.
This is my form of civil disobedience.
Sorry I made it political. Back to topic.