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Originally Posted by localfreerider
I think the change over to facebook may have more to do with convenience than our sometimes juvenile way of dealing with trolls. I for one am all for helping new people join the sport/hobby, my problem is with spoon feeding information that can be easily found with a modicum of effort searching.
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I wasn't suggesting it's the only reason, but it's undoubtedly contributing to the problem of the shrinking number of people using this form, that was my point.
If someone has a problem with "spoon feeding", then don't reply to the thread, it's that simple. Or make a constructive comment on where/how they can find the info they're looking for, without the all too common condescending tone. If someone is trolling the worst thing you can do is respond. That's exactly what they want.
What you see as spoon feeding others may not. I think we forget that we were all new at one point, we let the large number of these threads have a cumulative effect. As was mentioned already in this thread, most stickies and older threads that come up with a search, are out of date and the info is bad info/advice.