We are certainly in a kinder, gentler world....
Not too terribly long ago, posting up a topic that had already been covered, especially if that topic was on the first or second page, would result in the OP getting punched in the face by every user with over 100 posts (virtually, of course). Now, things are different... First, we, the RCC community are much more tolerant to this, and second, and the reasoning behind the first reason, there just isn't that much traffic around here. So any post, even one asking the same question as two other posts on the first page of a subforum, isn't a capital offense, anymore....
So, why is the traffic here, and other forums down to a pitiful crawl, with us old-schoolers desperately clinging to what was, in hopes of what it could be again? Is our hobby fading, and people finding other ways to spend the excess income? Nope, its simple, Face Book. Now, lets be honest here, we are all on Face Book. And, honestly, it does have it place, when the independent fact checkers who are paid by Face Book are not blurring photos and dropping contextual warning banners over posts. In particular, ol' Face Book is REALLY good for organizing local events and get-togethers, something that has been a bit lacking here on our beloved RCC.
But, from a user-to-use perspective, there are two things that piss me off... First, users that bitch up a storm when someone asks a common question to the one-millionth time. Some examples are on the TRX4 group, asking what the best upgrades are, or if they should run portal weights. On the CR-10 group, asking what the best Bowden tube is, or the best hot end... Or, my town's FB group, someone asking what they are building on the corner of Maine and Jefferson, which has been asked and answered 1000 times. I won't lie, many of these routine repeat questions get annoying, but you take them all in strike, and try not to piss off that new kid that is just trying to get the most out of his new toy, and really doesn't have a clue as to where to start. But going on a tirade on someone's post about how that question has been asked ten-million times, and they should do a search before they post really says that they do not understand how and why FB works. Trying to search for past posts or topics is bad by design, the good folks at FB cooperate really don't want you doing it. Why? Because each new post generates add revenue, searching and finding information off of an old post does nothing but tax their servers. If you are someone that REALLY wants people to search before someone posts, or really wants to be able to search for old topic, then you really want to not be looking for this stuff on FB, and go back to the old school forums, like RCC.
My other bitch about FB users... Those that bitch about customer rights and bitch about their data being shared and sold. If you are one of these people, let me clue you in to a not so secret secret... You, the Face Book user, the person that pays nothing for the use of Face Book, are not Face Book's "customer", you, my good friend, are its product. Face Book's bread and butter is selling its user data to the highest paying customer. If you don't like this, you have a couple of options. One, stop using FB, or two, don't feed it all of your personal information; it only knows what you tell it. Face Book thinks I am 106 years old and graduated high school 2010, but got my first college degree in 2006.... I am sure I have pissed of their analytics program...
//endith rant....
Not too terribly long ago, posting up a topic that had already been covered, especially if that topic was on the first or second page, would result in the OP getting punched in the face by every user with over 100 posts (virtually, of course). Now, things are different... First, we, the RCC community are much more tolerant to this, and second, and the reasoning behind the first reason, there just isn't that much traffic around here. So any post, even one asking the same question as two other posts on the first page of a subforum, isn't a capital offense, anymore....
So, why is the traffic here, and other forums down to a pitiful crawl, with us old-schoolers desperately clinging to what was, in hopes of what it could be again? Is our hobby fading, and people finding other ways to spend the excess income? Nope, its simple, Face Book. Now, lets be honest here, we are all on Face Book. And, honestly, it does have it place, when the independent fact checkers who are paid by Face Book are not blurring photos and dropping contextual warning banners over posts. In particular, ol' Face Book is REALLY good for organizing local events and get-togethers, something that has been a bit lacking here on our beloved RCC.
But, from a user-to-use perspective, there are two things that piss me off... First, users that bitch up a storm when someone asks a common question to the one-millionth time. Some examples are on the TRX4 group, asking what the best upgrades are, or if they should run portal weights. On the CR-10 group, asking what the best Bowden tube is, or the best hot end... Or, my town's FB group, someone asking what they are building on the corner of Maine and Jefferson, which has been asked and answered 1000 times. I won't lie, many of these routine repeat questions get annoying, but you take them all in strike, and try not to piss off that new kid that is just trying to get the most out of his new toy, and really doesn't have a clue as to where to start. But going on a tirade on someone's post about how that question has been asked ten-million times, and they should do a search before they post really says that they do not understand how and why FB works. Trying to search for past posts or topics is bad by design, the good folks at FB cooperate really don't want you doing it. Why? Because each new post generates add revenue, searching and finding information off of an old post does nothing but tax their servers. If you are someone that REALLY wants people to search before someone posts, or really wants to be able to search for old topic, then you really want to not be looking for this stuff on FB, and go back to the old school forums, like RCC.
My other bitch about FB users... Those that bitch about customer rights and bitch about their data being shared and sold. If you are one of these people, let me clue you in to a not so secret secret... You, the Face Book user, the person that pays nothing for the use of Face Book, are not Face Book's "customer", you, my good friend, are its product. Face Book's bread and butter is selling its user data to the highest paying customer. If you don't like this, you have a couple of options. One, stop using FB, or two, don't feed it all of your personal information; it only knows what you tell it. Face Book thinks I am 106 years old and graduated high school 2010, but got my first college degree in 2006.... I am sure I have pissed of their analytics program...
//endith rant....
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