Originally Posted by
Empire
No one will do that anymore, and I blame the moderators. Far too often, threads get started with "stupid questions" and instead of posting good, complete, helpful information, educating the idiot, the thread gets locked because you can just "google it"
So what if the question was answered 1,573 times before? It doesn't matter if you've been there, and done that, and learned it all. Everyone has to start somewhere, that's part of the beauty of a forum. You can come here, not knowing anything, ask the dumb questions, and have people that know and understand, truly educate you. That creates a community, that is what TR used to be. And that whole part is up to the moderators. Encourage the stupid questions. Answer them completely, or at least let someone else answer them completely. Don't just lock the shit down.
Not arguing but what everyone should really encourage... is for people to teach themselves. Too many people expect to sign up on a forum, ask a question and get an answer... thats been covered before. I dont know, maybe Im asking too much of TR members/forum users but there isnt a whole lot of problems that havent been covered online at one point in time. I mean lets be real, searching google isnt rocket science, if you cant find your answer you probably have bigger issues.