> On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 12:02:38PM +0000, FreeBSD mailing list wrote:
> > You know people, it's quite sad that those with knowledge simply refuse
> > to answer simple questions without "RTFM" attitudes and indirect (and
> > more frequently direct) insults to intelligence and sensibilities.
>
> When you have more experience helping people on a frequent basis,
> perhaps you will revise this statement. Try helping folks out every day
> on IRC for 2 or 3 years and tell me what you think THEN. Alternative:
> answer every question asked on freebsd-questions for same period.
>
> You'll see the point once you accomplish this.
>
> > There is absolutely no reason why you can't submit the help, with
> > suggestion toward ones perception of "the Right Way" to do it,
> > rather than beat the issue to death with superior posturing.
>
> There is absolutely no reason why people should lift a finger to help
> somebody else when said question/inquiry has been documented somewhere
> on the web or in the manpages, or someplace else.
You're right. However, there is no reason to lift a finger to not
help someone either. If you don't want to help, simply don't. You save
everyone energy.
Being a jerk isn't going to keep people from posting elementary questions,
that's a fact.
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