Timeline for Are we scaring off new users?
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| Jan 4, 2012 at 2:00 | comment | added | yannis | @ChristopherMahan Would you rather I said nothing and just abandoned the site never to return? No, but you shouldn't make decisions like that based on what I or anyone else may think. Personally I would prefer if people didn't use comments just to express frustration, and instead answer with suggestions on how to improve things. But that's just me, feel free to ignore me. | |
| Jan 4, 2012 at 1:58 | comment | added | yannis | @ChristopherMahan You left the comment on my answer, so I assumed it was addressed to me, and I answered as such. My answer says "we don't scare users" and since you believe that we are, I would expect you to downvote my answer instead of leaving a somewhat knee jerk comment. I'm wondering why you chose to express your frustration with a comment in my answer, and not to the question or any other answer, and I'm sorry if I incorrectly assumed it was addressed to me. I'd be very interested in reading your suggestions, whenever you are ready to write them. | |
| Jan 4, 2012 at 1:52 | comment | added | Christopher Mahan | @Yannis, I am entitled to my opinion, just as you are to yours. I am entitled to place comments on this site, just as you are. I believe that just listening to people's frustrations can be just as constructive as getting a suggestions on how to solve problems. I do not have a knee-jerk reaction suggestion on how to fix this problem, and I need to think about this some more, but that does not invalidate my voicing my frustration, does it? Would you rather I said nothing and just abandoned the site never to return? | |
| Jan 4, 2012 at 1:45 | comment | added | yannis | @ChristopherMahan I didn't say it was hard to understand, read my previous comment again. What I'm saying is that a knee jerk comment is useless, if you have suggestions on how to solve the problem (that you think exists), I'd be happy to read them - otherwise I really don't care about your opinions. | |
| Jan 4, 2012 at 1:38 | comment | added | Christopher Mahan | @Yannis: Which part of "You are scaring off old users too" is hard to understand? | |
| Jan 4, 2012 at 0:37 | comment | added | yannis | @ChristopherMahan If you have something constructive to add, why not contribute an answer? | |
| Jan 3, 2012 at 23:26 | comment | added | Christopher Mahan | And you are scaring off old users too! No need to segregate into old and new... | |
| Dec 29, 2011 at 5:46 | comment | added | yannis | @aitchnyu And askers should read the faq carefully, and search for similar questions before asking. Why should I waste any time for a comment when the person asking for help didn't bother wasting 15 minutes familiarizing with the site before asking? We can argue this ad infinitum, let's not. | |
| Dec 29, 2011 at 5:31 | comment | added | Jesvin Jose | "some helpful comments that guide askers on how to ask better questions" Not leaving those is intransparent. The first close-voter should leave such a comment. | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 17:18 | history | edited | yannis | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 133 characters in body |
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| Dec 27, 2011 at 16:53 | history | answered | yannis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |