Another factor: Newbies simply aren't aware of how long many have been around or what ground has been covered. It 'looks for the world' like an existing group has formed around 'them' and it's ALL new to everyone.
After a few days, running enthusiasm slows down into study as the depth of the terrain becomes more familiar. Then too...The archives can be quite overwhealming to one who only has simple questions. Newbies want everything nailed down and have every reason to believe that it 'has been' nailed down. Oldbies are still forging nails. Newbie... Just be aware that you're at the mercy of the oldbies patience. They will re-type that simple answer for the thousanth time every now and then. Part of the problem is that it ain't simple to someone who's been wearing hip waders for a while and it's hard to sort out what a simple answer is...then it almost always gets deeper. So, it's not so much that you are being ignored, it's just that anticipation of re-writing a book that's still being written differently every day over the course of the next few weeks that makes an oldbie groan and wait for enthusiasm to subside a bit. Ode At 12:32 PM 9/17/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Have you searched the archives Susie? There are literally thousands of >posts that do exactly what you have requested. Many of the regulars here >use the archives first and then ask a question to avoid repetition and >frankly boredom with answering the same old question a zillion times. I >know it is easier to just ask but you will not get the same quantity of >information, for the above reason and the fact that so many have posted >in the archives that are not presently participating in the list. > >On most lists I have participated in this type of comment is taken as >laziness or just plain arrogant. I know that you may not mean it this >way but I just want to help you understand how your words can be >misinterpretted. > >Garnet > >On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 21:58, fredsus1 wrote: > >> >> Since this IS a CS list, it would be nice if people would take the time to >> write in a short reply of what they are taking CS for and in what amounts it >> has helped. >> >> Susie > > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
