Hi Brian,
I am really grateful to you for telling me that writing "urgent " in
a post is considered rude. I am glad that you gave me the link which
people new to the group should read for making their posts better.
I can now post better messages to the group.
Thanks again.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Newtz, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> [Stands up on pedestal]
>
> You know, I'm really starting to get annoyed by the recent amount
of
> posts that say "URGENT" in the subject or something along the
lines of
> "answer quickly, it's urgent" in the body. Even if I see "urgent"
in the
> subject or body, do I answer the question any faster? Do I skip
all the
> rest of the messages I'm looking at just to answer the "urgent"
one?
> ABSOLUTELY NOT. Why? Because it's not urgent to me or the rest of
the
> group. Simply by posting your question you'll get an answer within
a
> couple of hours 95% of the time. That's a pretty damn good
response time
> for a free service.
>
> What makes it more annoying is that the "urgent" questions are
often
> simplistic ones. The kind of questions that make you think... wow,
if
> this individual doesn't know how to do this, but it's *so* urgent,
what
> kind of company do they work for who has developers that don't
even know
> the basics?
>
> And yes this is a rant - but bottom line is that I would request
people
> refrain from letting us know how urgent your problem is. We don't
need
> to know, and we don't care. It's pretty arrogant to think
otherwise.
>
> I'll leave you all with a link to a specific section of the
article our
> group uses as a guide for new members:
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#urgent
>
> [Gets down from pedestal]
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