Why?

[Hatchetman2002]

There are people in this forum that could help a lot of people but choose not to,why is that? it seems people are begging for help. Help evryone instead of making folks beg?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

The Techspot members help out on a voluntary basis and in their spare time. We don`t get paid for doing this.

What specifically are you referring to?

Regards Howard

 

[Tedster]

1. We are here free. This is a "club."
2. No one is obligated to help anyone.
3. Most answers are already in the FAQs and also in the guides forum - do your homework first.
4. Some senior members like myself choose to help as many as possible, but we cannot answer all. We also have a life outside techspot. I for one, am not a computer geek. It is a hobby, but not my life.

 

[Ph30nIX]

I agree with Tedster on this one. I often come to the forums when I have time to spare between school work etc. I learned alot from this forum just by reading about otheres problems and how they were solved. Now I often help out others when a problem arises in an area that I am familiar with.

I can also say that when I first joined Techspot some time ago, I believe that Tedster and Howard helped with many of my problems, so many thanks to both of them!

 

[Julio Franco]

Having people posting generic subjects like "help" or "why" doesn't make it very friendly for users to browse either. Screaming subjects won't help it either.

I would say in over 2/3 of the cases, well written and explained problems get a solution from our members or at least some replies with potential fixes.

 

[Rik]

Spot on there Julio. Even just using a descriptive title will help. As an example, my knowledge of networking is scarce so i tend to avoid networking issues. Its annoying when someone doesn't clearly state what their issue is.
On the other hand, I'm pretty good with hardware and malware so i tend to focus on those. But, again, it really helps if the titles are descriptive.

The thing to remember is, we can only work with the information presented to us.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Just for some clarification, Hatchetman2002, pm`d me and told he was referring to was the lack of help in the Dell Bios Password thread.

I informed him that there was only a few guys that could help and that he`d either need to be patient or search Google for a paid solution.

He pm`d me back and said he understood.

Thread closed.

Regards Howard