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Thread: Are you a "Help Vampire?" [Everyone please read]
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6285 Status: Offline |
Now I have had a a wonderful article pointed out to me about "Help Vampires." Quickly, Help Vampires are those individuals who join forums, then suck the life out of them by asking the same old tired questions, asking not to learn to do something - but to have it simply handed to them, or those who ask the impossible questions like "How do you make a Forum?" (M$N Groups are infested beyong help I think) The following is a excerpt from the article describing what a Help Vamire is:
Now we at Killersites are lucky and get rather few Help Vampires here, but that may change. So I would ask all of you to please read this. This way we can identify Help Vampires and support their return to real forum users. Or so that you can identify yourself as a Help Vampire and Seek help joining the rest of us. So enjoy (I quite enjoyed reading this) and lets all make this a Vampire free zone. The Help Vampire: A Spotter's Guide |
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lm
Advanced Member Joined: Oct 27, 2004 Post Count: 2550 Status: Offline |
 as always i found all symptoms in meself.  i promise to take care of it.---------------------------------------- My blog |
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shelfimage
Advanced Member USA Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Post Count: 3000 Status: Offline |
I think the important thing is when participating, or just looking for quick support, in a forum is to SEARCH first for an answer before posting a question.  ---------------------------------------- "The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings." -Okakura Kakuzo Save the developers<!> Maine Webworks |
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tpattison
Advanced Member UK Joined: Dec 29, 2004 Post Count: 1662 Status: Offline |
The first thing I do before posting a question is search the forum. Just asking is lazy. ---------------------------------------- Pavonis Mons | Listen of the week: "Residue of Desire" by Acumen |
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dpr73
Stranger Joined: May 17, 2006 Post Count: 5 Status: Offline |
So... how DO you make a forum? And while you're at it, can you tell me how to start an internet business? Im wanting to make thousands of extra $ per month at home in my free time. Thanks, Hopeful in Hoboken |
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rudyten
Member USA Joined: Feb 22, 2006 Post Count: 97 Status: Offline |
GRRRRrrr... ---------------------------------------- COBOL RULES http://www.lost-friends-found.com |
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Les
Advanced Member Joined: May 9, 2004 Post Count: 640 Status: Offline |
Hey LSW Its unfair that only males are included in this Vampire sucking venture Does he ask the same, tired questions others ask (at a rate of once or more per minute)? Does he clearly lack the ability or inclination to ask the almighty Google? Does he refuse to take the time to ask coherent, specific questions? Does he think helping him must be the high point of your day? Does he get offensive, as if you need to prove to him why he should use Ruby on Rails? Is he obviously just waiting for some poor, well-intentioned person to do all his thinking for him? Can you tell he really isn't interested in having his question answered, so much as getting someone else to do his work? But of course our Fair maidens are without sin  ha ha---------------------------------------- Tomorrow never comes, make the most of today |
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LSW
Advanced Member USA Joined: Nov 27, 2003 Post Count: 6285 Status: Offline |
Note that I use 'he' here in the general sense even though Help Vampires are almost exclusively male. It appears that male Help Vampire, drawn as it is to shiny technology, occupies an evolutionary niche that females of the species simply do not find desirable. |
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Susie
Advanced Member Ohio, USA Joined: May 30, 2004 Post Count: 2677 Status: Offline |
 I will do better. But I really do appreciate all that you guys have taught me which just about everything I know! Thank you.  |
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Les
Advanced Member Joined: May 9, 2004 Post Count: 640 Status: Offline |
Hi LSW Yes of course ---  I found it very funny --- thanks for showing it  Her articles are very interesting on that site  ---------------------------------------- Tomorrow never comes, make the most of today |
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