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by Angstrom » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:16 pm
It's certainly not a black and white issue, and each forum user here probably has their own take on where the line in the sand is.
On the subject of RTFM
Personally I won't cry foul if someone comes asking for "how do I press play?" or "abaleton records the midi?" and receives the answer RTFM. This is because I think the response is actually fitting for particularly dumb-assed and rude questions. In these cases the posters pretty much never read the manual or have even try to find a solution before asking someone to 'do it for them'. That's ignorant.
I think it's bad form respond "RTFM" if a user asks a question such as "how can I change tempo or signature in each scene" and has obviously made some attempt to figure it out already. Although that answer is pretty well stated in the manual, I can believe that it may be missed, so it's worth a brief response.
However if the question is stated "HOW the fuck can I CHANGE the tempo this is STUPID!1?", then it's RTFM responses and monkey pictures all the way from me. Anyone posting a badly stated, ill defined and outright insulting post deserves crazy responses from all and sundry.
On the subject of deviation from the topic
If a topic relates to a specific question, such as "where is the count-in control" then the question is usually answered on page one, so later devation into monkey pictures is irrelevant and shouldn't bother anyone.
Where a topic is about mac/PC , religion, whether Live has shit timekeeping/bad summing .. it's a topic that is going to stir a hornets nest . There is no way a poster can begin a topic like that and expect polite discourse, it wouldn;t happen at the Pope's house and it won't happen here.
On the subject of forum aliases
personally I find them uniformly tedious and unfunny. As I've said elsewhere, they remind me of Uncle Bill at the xmas party putting on 'comedy glasses' and making fart gags. My primary thought is 'sad, sad man'.
But then, I know a lot of people here find these aliases funny, so whatever floats your boat. I believe "Everyone Loves Raymond" is also popular.
For aliases I can't help but think: why not man up and do your lame humour in your own voice?
All my weak attempts are here for people to see, what, are you afraid of part of your own brain or something?
On the general subject of etiquette
In the main I think that people should behave person-to-person as they would if they met the respondents in real life. And also assuming that the entire encounter was being broadcast live to thousands of people, and archived for later.
IE: remain as polite as possible and try not to be a dick. Because otherwise, in 5 years time all that anyone will remember about you is that you called some random guy a nazi and you HATE trance.
personally, I am exactly this much of an opinionated dick in real life. As the few people on here who have met me in real life will tell you, I am in fact more opinionated and overbearing in real life.
I am also tl;dr in real life too.
