[quote=“Aidobeast, post:1, topic:141999, full:true”]
Having a look at the forums here and I notice a lot of people that post only a few times (or once) with a desperate plea for help to become a winner. I’m only new here so I’m just wondering from the longer serving members if this is a common thing here or only a recent change due to more people struggling for cash.[/quote]
People like the ones you describe have been wandering in and out of here forever.
Some of those folks are just lazy, and want to be spoon-fed. Some of them arrive here with impossible expectations of easy riches. And a few seem to have wandered in here by mistake while they were trying to find a men’s room.
There is no screening process for “membership” in this forum. In effect, the forum door is left wide open 24/7. Consequently, all sorts of homeless people and stray cats wander in.
[quote=“Aidobeast, post:1, topic:141999, full:true”]
What amazes me more is people put a fair bit of effort replying to people who obviously have no intention of learning or can’t get past the get rich quick thought process. Which is great we have peeps helping with legit decency but I find wasted on people who don’t deserve half the response they get.[/quote]
Time spent answering a question might be wasted on a particular newbie, and yet not wasted on the forum, at large.
I spend a fair bit of time answering newbie questions. But, each time I post an answer, it’s with the idea in mind that the answer might help lots of people who have the same question.
There’s no way for ordinary users of this forum to know how many people are reading what we post, but I think most days the number is probably in the hundreds.
And all of our posts remain accessible to those who have the initiative to dig through the archives. It’s gratifying when a newbie digs up a post from years ago, and then posts a thank-you for explaining or clarifying something.
Good attitude