September 5th, 2002
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| Connoisseur | | Join Date: March 4th, 2002 Location: Tennessee
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Quote: Originally posted by tross04401
It looked that way on your post, not so much on bobomon's. This is a running question on other forums I visit. When do you tell a person to do a search? My view is that considering the circumstances, actually answering it is better, at least in this case (note that these are just general comments, not specifically addressed to Peerless or bobomon):
1. They're unregistered, so probably (although not guaranteed) to be new to the forum. If you want them to search, give them a hint. Humorous or sarcastic comments can frustrate people and keep them from wanting to assist someone else in the future.
2. The board isn't overloaded with queries on this particular subject ("yeehaa"). I understand how annoying it can be to answer the same question over and over, but that isn't the case here.,
3. Along the same lines, compared to other threads on SPAM. I get 1 result back on it. Now, considering there are innumerable other posts on SPAM, a neophyte might take that to mean that yeehaa is not related to SPAM, if they'd just been browsing the SPAM threads and didn't actually perform a search. | I get it now... when I read it I did not connect the Yeehaa with that subject at hand... the later posting clarified it so that I saw what the orignal post meant... I , myself, have a filter st up for any !! that shows up in a search result. - Of course I never meant to be mean spirited... just a touch of humor   |