Wayward5oul -> RE: Looking for a munch event (12/15/2016 5:38:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Wayward5oul I don't know. I am the type of person that will do searches on the internet for something, but then at the same time, might go to a forum board and ask people as well. Might get resources that I initially overlooked. Besides, if I am googling bdsm-related topics, what are the chances that this site would pop up in search results? Pretty good, I would think. So I go to check it out, see a board where people can ask questions, get on there to ask a question, and...am told to go google it. What's the point? I figure that if someone doesn't want to bother with lazy people that they think aren't looking on their own, they aren't required to answer. I mean, isn't that part of the reason that boards like this exist? The problem is that so many people want to be spoon fed information. If they would do any reading in the forum they would find countless threads about finding a munch. They say they will do anything to find a Dom or sub, depending on which side of the slash they are on, yet they are not willing to type a few words into a search engine. Then we get those who then say they are too shy, too afraid of being seen, or too far away to attend a munch at all. They will come back another time complaining that there are too many fakes online. Like I said, if I think their posting is them being lazy, I just click past it. If I have some tips to help them get past being shy, or scared or being unseen, etc. then I might respond with those, but nobody is forcing me to interact with them. No one is forcing me to waste my time reading their crap, if that is what it is. Some people on here like to be helpful with that sort of thing. Let them deal with it. Spewing negative stuff at people looking for info just discourages newbies and lurkers from asking what may be very good questions that end up in good discussions for us all. And god knows we need more of that around here. Again, isn't that part of what we are here for? Its one way of getting new people to stick around and become regulars. I don't want to see the day when all we are left with is the dungeon, because new people who join don't stick around because they were discouraged from asking questions. If there are stickies that address the question they are asking, then respond with a link to the sticky. But its not a matter of not be willing to type a few words into a search engine, because they had to do that just to find this site in the first place. So telling people who probably googled something to find this site to 'try googling it' serves no purpose other than to belittle them. If that is all someone has to offer in response, then they should just save themselves some time and not respond at all.
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