Is it fair to devalue or dismiss someone’s question on a forum because it’s been asked many times before?
New members to Lush who want to contribute to the forums will inevitably ask questions that have been asked many times before. There are also other new members who won’t have read the previous forum posts but can add their own opinions and answers to the questions raised.
It’s highly unlikely that someone can submit a question that’s never been asked before and the influx of new members asking and answering the same old questions actually helps to keep the forums alive.
Otherwise ‘Ask the Gals’ and ‘Ask the Guys’ would be as boring and as dry as a Nun’s Chuff.
Do you think that critical posts about repeated questions are a negative influence and unofficial site celebrities/experts should be less outspoken?
Or am I just repeating an old outdated question?
I agree with Ladyx. At least try the search feature. It would give you so many more options and perhaps you could answer one of them which would bump it up to the front of the forum again.
I DO think that if they are being asked on a regular basis, then they must be pertinent questions. It's the nature of forums to have people not wanting to go through all the old posts to see if their question has been asked before. I can see both sides of the coin.
We are a society, though, so accustomed to immediate reward with minimal effort that it's only natural that most people post repeat questions without taking the time to search the forum.
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I'm a loner, Dottie. A Rebel...
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I'm in agreement with Kimasa on this one. Yea, it gets redundant but so what. If you see a thread in forum that's been asked before, you don't have to click on the link. It's like television. You can change the channel. If it bores or if you've covered that topic, just move down the line to another thread.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates Agree with kimasa and lm. No one is forced to read the thread.
If by chance you know it has already been asked, i suggest posting the link to the already existing thread.
Id like to point out that it takes a few months to understand how every bit of the site works. There isnt a manual for a new members - lush custom are usually learned through forum exchanges like this one.
I have been a Lush member for just over a year but have only started looking and posting in the forums in the last few weeks. It's a daunting prospect to troll through the pages and pages of previous threads and their replies. I usually only have the patience to look at the first page or two of threads so no, I don't think questions being asked repeatedly is a problem as there will always be someone like myself adding a new insight or opinion to a recently asked but repeated question.
Also, I have seen quite a lot of new threads where somebody has asked a question which has been posted previously and one of the more long standing members/ more frequent forum visitors has been blunt or bitchy about the fact that the member has done so. It's put me off starting threads and posting replies because I'm worried about the reception I'll get. Being horrible, whether the question has been asked before or not, is not going to help- all it does is put people down and will cause the forums to dry up.
I agree with others- if you've seen it before and you're not interested: don't read it!
I get an overwhelming urge to stick the person who acts like it's a crime that new members haven't read every thread's head in a toilet and slam fuck the shit out of them.
Yes this is a big bug bear for me and not just on this forum. A while back I joined a car owners forum because I was having a problem and wanted to ask advice. In my first post I asked my question and instantly got pounced on for having asked about an engine problem that had been asked before. Needless to say that was my first and last post.
