stop telling me to use the search function
04-29-2012, 03:32 AM
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Originally Posted by cegan1825
I don't believe people need to be spoon fed everything. Guess what I did before posting my first thread... I searched, read, and learned a lot. If the information is there for you to easily get yourself, why do you think other people should have to constantly get it for you? (Using the term "you" to indicate anyone who doesn't search.) Some of the same topics on here have literally been posted 50-100s times already. Redundancy is not what makes a forum worthwhile. People would still post, regardless of whether they searched. But if they searched, their posts would be more worthwhile.
You've apparently been here 2 months. Get back to me in 2 years to see if 1. you're even still on here or 2. if you've been driven crazy with the repetitive posts. It's one of the main reasons I've started disappearing from this forum for weeks or months at a time.
And just in case you want to get on to me about this post, be aware that I've helped many people on this forum doing all the work for them in searching and whatever else on many occasions. I'm not heartless. I just believe people should use their brains. (I know, what a crazy thought that is!)
You've apparently been here 2 months. Get back to me in 2 years to see if 1. you're even still on here or 2. if you've been driven crazy with the repetitive posts. It's one of the main reasons I've started disappearing from this forum for weeks or months at a time.
And just in case you want to get on to me about this post, be aware that I've helped many people on this forum doing all the work for them in searching and whatever else on many occasions. I'm not heartless. I just believe people should use their brains. (I know, what a crazy thought that is!)
Friend, if you're sick of people jumping you for reposts, then you might as well give up on Internet communities all together, it's the same everywhere.
-also I'm not super tech-savvy, but I believe there's a way to circumvent the forum's search function through google. I think in the google search bar if you put f150forum.com/f38: [whatever it is you're searching] -it will do the same as the forum search tool. I'm not positive, but I think it works something like that.
04-29-2012, 05:53 AM
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This topic has been discussed several times already. 
You should have searched first.
You should have searched first.
04-29-2012, 06:27 AM
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Back in 2003 a friend of mine started a snowmobile forum called firecatinfo that I have been a moderator on up until a couple years ago when he sold it. It has since grown into one of the best snowmobile forums out there. Hardcoresledder.com. We found over the years that while the search can be a great tool it doesn't always mean it the best option.
Having new posts bring the topic front and center for new/updated info. Sometimes people will benefit from the post because the topic comes up again and it was something that most people didn't think to search for.
I can't tell you how many times I see new stuff that I didn't think to ask or know it might be a problem or even cool features and the second post says use search.
Having new posts bring the topic front and center for new/updated info. Sometimes people will benefit from the post because the topic comes up again and it was something that most people didn't think to search for.
I can't tell you how many times I see new stuff that I didn't think to ask or know it might be a problem or even cool features and the second post says use search.
04-29-2012, 06:50 AM
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Amen to this thread.. There's always been and will always be those guys with sticks up there butts saying things like that though unfortunately lol
04-29-2012, 07:46 AM
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Back in 2003 a friend of mine started a snowmobile forum called firecatinfo that I have been a moderator on up until a couple years ago when he sold it. It has since grown into one of the best snowmobile forums out there. Hardcoresledder.com. We found over the years that while the search can be a great tool it doesn't always mean it the best option.
Having new posts bring the topic front and center for new/updated info. Sometimes people will benefit from the post because the topic comes up again and it was something that most people didn't think to search for.
I can't tell you how many times I see new stuff that I didn't think to ask or know it might be a problem or even cool features and the second post says use search.
Having new posts bring the topic front and center for new/updated info. Sometimes people will benefit from the post because the topic comes up again and it was something that most people didn't think to search for.
I can't tell you how many times I see new stuff that I didn't think to ask or know it might be a problem or even cool features and the second post says use search.
04-29-2012, 08:38 AM
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i like to be non confrontational but i gotta say the "search first" comment is so old. yes everyone (mostly) knows you can search forums. if everyone searched forums before posting, there would be no posts. the forum would contain the original 100 or so posts and then everyone would just search those for what they need. and then there would be no posts for you to bitch about.
like it or not, people like asking questions, people like giving opinions, and people like to bitch about the first two.
i bet if i had searched, i would have found a post just like this telling people to quit bitching about posting redundant questions.
like it or not, people like asking questions, people like giving opinions, and people like to bitch about the first two.
i bet if i had searched, i would have found a post just like this telling people to quit bitching about posting redundant questions.
04-29-2012, 08:57 AM
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