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Too many newbies opening threads
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That is a stellar idea really! I have a BL and an ignore list. My ignore list is small and made up of people I need to avoid (sometimes those that discuss how to defraud Apple as I don't want to get hung up in a MP transaction with them). The BL is great, I follow a few people who are posting in this thread right now.
You reach a point where you can just search your username and a query because you've answered it again and again and again and again....
Well, READ what I wrote. All newbies are not newbies in the context you put them in. Some of the newbies probably know more than you know; they're just newbies to this forum.
That is a stellar idea really! I have a BL and an ignore list. My ignore list is small and made up of people I need to avoid (sometimes those that discuss how to defraud Apple as I don't want to get hung up in a MP transaction with them). The BL is great, I follow a few people who are posting in this thread right now.
I totally could have found a way to put an iThink...Possibly like:
"iThink that I suggested two pages ago, but you ignored me like a newbie, that a buddy list would solve the problem."
Also, would the magical "ignore" feature you wish to have ignore threads started or all post?
How do I make a buddy list that is "all users except newbies" ?
Ignore the whole thread, otherwise it would make no sense.
That is a stellar idea really! I have a BL and an ignore list. My ignore list is small and made up of people I need to avoid (sometimes those that discuss how to defraud Apple as I don't want to get hung up in a MP transaction with them). The BL is great, I follow a few people who are posting in this thread right now.
Am I on any of your lists?
Why don't you just not click threads you think are time wasters. Obvious thread titles such as "How do I uninstall an application?", "How do I right click?", "Only one of my iPhone speakers works! Help!", "How can I unlock my iPhone for use on Verizon?", "FOR SALE IPHONE 32GB 3GS UNLOCKED! NOKIA HTC BLACKBERRY SAMSUNG PALM ALSO FOR SALE!" and "Too many newbies opening threads" should be pretty obvious time wasters, saving you time to click on what you consider non time wasting threads.
Oh thank god, I'm always afraid I'll mess it up. Irony is one of my favorite things.
You can't you have to add the ones you want. Sure it would take time, but you could avoid users like me who you apparently want to ignore anyway.
How many times do I have to say it? My problem is not with naive users, but with internet abusers.
That's pretty much what I do. I'll report the spam threads from time to time.
It's just that after answering the same things so many times you start getting really frustrated. I don't answer questions as often anymore unless they're really interesting. r.j.s has really taken on being tech support lately and you notice in Forum Spy.
I qualify this as a timewasting thread, so I think everyone's pretty much even at this point.
For the most part, the users that have responded to your ridiculous request have been what most would consider experienced users of the forum. What is somewhat ironic, outside of the obvious irony is that things are being repeated over and over again, people don't really read threads, myself included, especially when there are multiple threads involved, they just jump to the last page and find something to respond to it. Statements get repeated over and over again in the same thread - just like they get posted by newbies over and over again.
Edit: Not to pick on yg17 - all three of the things you posted were mentioned earlier on in the thread, multiple times. I agree with you on all of them and I do the same thing all the time.
This is the forum to give feedback to the site maintainers. It is totally appropriate.
I agree, if newbies didn't post, then what questions would we all answer? I guess we could just talk amongst ourselves.
Oh wait, we already do that anyways.
It's amusing to see the answer in the first or second reply. Then you get it repeated a dozen more times after that.
I qualify sitting around complaining about something that you can mildly control yourself if you had any self control at all to be a waste of time.
It is in the appropriate section, yes. That does not make it an appropriate request.
I hardly believe you can qualify what is a time-wasting thread and what is not.
It happens all the time. I agree when someone is asking for advice, it is necessary. But if someone's asking how to get their desktop icons lined up by name, five post are not necessary. Although, I would not classify the repetitive posts on this thread as advice.
I agree, if newbies didn't post, then what questions would we all answer? I guess we could just talk amongst ourselves.
If newbies didn't post, then arn would just be talking to himself on the forums
He doesn't qualify. Only the moderators do, it's what they signed their souls away to do
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