Are people scared to post here now?

[The_Lhc]

seakingadvice:Hahaha. I guess people just need to realise that everyone here is dishing out FREE advice so unless they are paying to receive replies to their questions, nobody can expect/demand that their question is answered.

I think not many posts go unanswered anyway so don't see this as a major problem on this site.

Yeah, i've just replied to your post about the 103" B&O plasma. You won't like it but hey, I MUST REPLY TO EVERY POST!!1!! ZORT!

 

[The_Lhc]

Big Chris:the_lhc:<snip>

Hahaha. Made me laugh, but you're spot on.



Finally! I thought I was being ignored but it turns out it's only the really intelligent people that understand me...

 

[Simon Lucas]

Cofnchtr:Hi,

I have rectified my post to say what I wanted to say so everyone could understand it - as mentioned previously it was not written very well. Local dialect is not passed on very well in written form.

Had I intended to exclude the staff of the mag I wouldn't have mentioned them at all. My use of 'other than' was instead of 'as well as' in the context I was trying to use it.

I was trying to say that users and staff were knowledgeable.

Cheers,

Cofnchtr.

No problem, Cofnchtr, I understand what you meant now and I'm the first to acknowledge I can be a little testy when folks slag the job we do here. I shan't be such a mimosa in future.

 

[Anonymous]

With this being the 78th post, it would seem that the answer is "no".

 

[Anonymous]

the_lhc:
seakingadvice:Hahaha. I guess people just need to realise that everyone here is dishing out FREE advice so unless they are paying to receive replies to their questions, nobody can expect/demand that their question is answered.

I think not many posts go unanswered anyway so don't see this as a major problem on this site.

Yeah, i've just replied to your post about the 103" B&O plasma. You won't like it but hey, I MUST REPLY TO EVERY POST!!1!! ZORT!

Well, at least you replied so that has made me less afraid to post stuff on this site! But I think you're slacking off a bit as there have been some other recent posts with no replies yet!

 

[Anonymous]

tractorboy:With this being the 78th post, it would seem that the answer is "no".

But the people posting on this thread are presumably those who aren't afraid given that the replies here are not coming from newbies.

 

[aliEnRIK]

Im scared of asking questions for fear of being banned

 

[Andrew Everard]

aliEnRIK:Im scared of asking questions for fear of being banned

You left the word 'again' off the end of that post...

 

[nads]

thats the post count up one more.

 

[Andrew Everard]

nads:
thats the post count up one more.

Huh?

 

[The_Lhc]

seakingadvice:tractorboy:With this being the 78th post, it would seem that the answer is "no".

But the people posting on this thread are presumably those who aren't afraid given that the replies here are not coming from newbies.

I was being serious when I said I think long and hard about replying to any technical query though, because I'm getting a bit tired of all my answers being questioned because I haven't allowed for every conceivable possibility (one of the people in question has recently made an amateur mistake regarding tape and video formats, which I could have leapt on just to give them an idea of what it's like, but I can't be bothered, and I'd probably get moaned at anyway...). I just can't be bothered with stating the obvious, so I might just confine myself to nonsense in the future (it's not much of an effort...).

 

[nads]

Andrew Everard:nads:
thats the post count up one more.

Huh?

I see you are doing the same

soon be at 13,000

 

[Andrew Everard]

Have to admit haven't been counting, or taking much notice of such things

 

[idc]

The art to successful posting is to have a sense of humour, understand that mistakes over meaning are more easily made on a forum when we rely purely on the writen word, as so much communication is with expression. Oh and it helps if look like this............................................................

 

[Andrew Everard]

idc:

That's Neal - he was good in Barry Lyndon...

 

[aliEnRIK]

Andrew Everard:
aliEnRIK:Im scared of asking questions for fear of being banned

You left the word 'again' off the end of that post...

My bad

..............AGAIN

 

[shado]

Or is it just more I have something worthwhile to contribute to this forum and a high percentage do not because they are frightened of their authenticity being accepted by SEASONED members is somewhat ofputting. Fortunately for me my age and profession allows a certain angle.

 

[Andrew Everard]

I sincerely hope 'seasoned' members aren't offputting to newcomers.

 

[nads]

Mmm Salt and Pepper.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Im not sure if I am classed as a "seasoned" member (over 1 year now), but I do spend more time than is probably healthy on here. I think this is a very friendly forum 99% of the time with alot of good advice given by the team and us mere mortals. I don't post a huge amount mainly due to lack of experience, but I have no worries posting if I think I can help.

Some posts can get a bit heated and you do get the odd numpty on here from time to time, but I don't think that small portion puts people off posting. I must admit that I do tend to give the cable wars a wide berth though

One thing I do like is that you never know what you are going to find on the forums. Anything from your average technical help question to which biscuit is best, you just never know. I've learnt alot in the last year, had alot of laughs along the way and even appeared in the magazine

 

[John Duncan]

SpiceWeasel:and even appeared in the magazine

And even on the video in reception.

Of course, there was never any doubt about which biscuit is best.

 

[nads]

JohnDuncan:

Of course, there was never any doubt about which biscuit is best. Well is it the plain HobNob or the Chocolate HobNob?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Oh no, don't start all that again. Do a search for HobNob, please...

 

[Andrew Everard]

aliEnRIK:My bad
..............AGAIN

And just to get the record straight, you weren't banned before for asking questions.

 

[John Duncan]

Andrew Everard:Oh no, don't start all that again. Do a search for HobNob, please...

But do it quick while Search is still working.