By the way, I don't care if I SEEM desperate.I just want to help people if they want help...sorry for spazzing out before but you guys can get really harsh even if you didn't mean to.
metawidget answered Tuesday January 13 2004, 12:45 am: I find the best way to get questions is to answer a few thoroughly. You wind up touching a nerve on about 10% of them, and the questioner comes back with all the details they left out the first time with a supersize question directed at you.
The culture here is a little like Jeopardy... you must phrase your question in the form of a question or you get people jumping down your throat. [ metawidget's advice column | Ask metawidget A Question ]
Trueflight answered Monday January 12 2004, 10:30 pm: And, subsequently, I don't care if I SEEM harsh. I'm sure people realize you're here to give advice. Those of us with columns kind of ALL are. [ Trueflight's advice column | Ask Trueflight A Question ]
notnormal answered Monday January 12 2004, 8:28 pm: You probably got the harsh answers you did because of a breach in etiquette of this website. You put your email address up and asked for questions. This was seen as rude by the other advice columnists who wait for questions to come through in the normal manor. Keep being nice, help people if they ask for it, but be patient. [ notnormal's advice column | Ask notnormal A Question ]
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