Originally Posted by ORDflyer
Well, sometimes they are very helpful, about 5%. Other times their posts are just chaff. Let's have this conversation in five or six years.
I am sorry, I respectfully disagree here. I've never felt this anti-newbie ire, even when I started.
Let us look at my very first post on FT (was on AA), 3 years back --
link here. See who replied ? It is the now
persona non grata He-who-shall-not-be-named-or-else-thread-will-be-deleted.
Let us take my 2nd thread --
this time on the MR forum. Again, notice the replies. Also notice how helpful they were to
every serious question I asked. :-:
You get out of FT (and also life but that's a different discussion
), as much as you put into it. Ask a stupid question, and get a nasty reply. Show that you respect others' time/efforts, and get some back in return.