That's clearly not the best motive, but it is a common one in LOTS of Internet forums, not just this one. It is not something we can really change.
But Trek is right about at least one thing, even if not about the manner in which he said it: it was a mistake to put 'URGENT' in the subject of the original post. It always is a mistake, as so well explained at the very long list of other "don'ts" at http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. On Sep 10, 9:11 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > "it's > > only validly urgent to the person posting and everyone else really doesn't > > give a damn". > > Then why respond to anything? Just so you can prove how smart you > are? > > On Sep 10, 8:02 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Tez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I hope this clears things. > > > It explains why you feel you need help urgently - it does not explain why > > the rest of the people on this group would find it urgent to help you. > > That's a very important difference. > > > Please understand I'm not trying to belittle the severity of your problem as > > it pertains to you - I'm trying to, very frankly, explain to you that this > > manner of posting hurts you more than it helps. I hope you can see that. > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 6:59 AM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So in other words, it's only validly urgent if it interests YOU, and > > > everyone must get clearance from YOU before labeling anything "urgent". > > > No. Please don't twist my words - read what I posted, not what you want to > > see. If you want to put what I said in other words, it's more like "it's > > only validly urgent to the person posting and everyone else really doesn't > > give a damn". (Do YOU care about the OP's problem? What are YOU doing to > > help with his urgent problem?) > > > The simple point is that labeling anything "urgent" doesn't help one get > > help - in fact it usually has the opposite effect. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
