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by klingon 1 view

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Ya know - I love the concept of the Tech Q&A. There is a TON of good advice on it. But, why do people post a question, a bunch of people post an answer (hoping to get some points), and then the dufus who asked the question never follows up!! I hate that!! Please, if you're going to ask a question in Q&A and offer points, FOLLOW THROUGH!! At least Reject the answers people give and tell them why! Courtesy!! That's all it is!! Otherwise it feels like a total waste of time.

Ahhh...Just another day in the world of IT.
Klingon

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by shiny_topadm

I've been reading this site since 1999, and the same things have always happened. I enjoy the challenge of finding a solution to problems, especially if it helps someone out. I've gotten some questions answered here, too. The trouble seems to be when people only care about their own situation and aren't interested in any feedback to/for the rest of us. Some posters seem to feel this is [paid] tech support and not a peer group. This does seem to have gotten worse, lately. Maybe it's a consequence of the site being viewed by more people. That said, I still enjoy "Q & A" and other parts of this site, too. -wr

by klingon

I do enjoy the T&A, i mean the Q&A, just wish more people would follow up..

oh well...(i don't want to bore Asyscokid)

:-)

by billc124

The problem that I find is that someone will get their question answered, and then the will not give the points to anyone. I usually post something to the person who asked the question when I see this happening. I think that there should be some wayto track this. If you don't go back to your questions, or give out the points, you should get booted off the service. But I guess all TechRepublic really cares about is Page Views, Hits, etc... Can't say as I blame them though.

Just my two cents.

by syscokid

Hey then, welcome to TechRepublic. I've been a member for a little over a year.

If you've checked out those links I posted, you'll see a lot of people share your frustration, me included.

by petemcc

I think TR is a great site and I agree about the lack of courtesy that a lot of question askers seem to display. I?m new to IT and it?s a lot of fun to participate in the discussion process, I find it helps me to focus on real world tech issues and it?s a good learning aid.

I haven?t commented on many TechQ&A?s but the most common response seems to be none at all.

A lot (majority?) of the discussion forum topics are technical questions that would be more appropriate in the TechQ&A section, with points applied. I could suggest tech questions not be responded to when posted in the discussion forum but heck, it is fun to try to answer them anyway.

Pete

by syscokid

"A lot (majority?) of the discussion forum topics are technical questions that would be more appropriate in the TechQ&A section, with points applied."

I agree. I don't come to Discussions much, because it seems to me there's too much Tech Q&A and not many real discussions.

I suggested TR put something on the Discussions page suggesting NOT to post technical Q's here, but I never heard back.

by albert franco ii

I've been reading the pages here at TR for a little while now. I enjoy the set up. And I've earned a little over 10% of the points you've got (guess I've got a long way to go...) and over half of the answers I've posted have gone unrated.

Anyway, I've decided to start posting the following text as a reply to "off-target" discussions:

Try the Q&A section...
You should post this question to the Tech Q&A section.

There are literally hundreds of people who can help with questions about any aspect of information technology. You can offer some points as a reward to encourage responders.

But, if you do post a question please make sure to go back and read the responses. And if you receive any that help then, by all means, reward the points!

End of text.

If you (and others) agree with this approach then perhaps we can do something for ourselves and let the tech support handle things like faulty point accumulation.

If like the text or have suggestions for improvingit, I am all ears. Just one requirement: changes should be friendly!

by dmiles

You have made a valid point but if you stick around long enough you will get use to it and then donot ask for something that you may receive.Not providing any comments may be a blessing!!!

by shahm1

i dont know who to ask this question too but my computer is about to be throwed out of the window. it keeps rebooting on me by itself. I am running window 2000 and when i go to the error log it is reading something about PERFNET and DWORD. i checkedmy graphic accelerator, and changed all of the cards how can i fix it

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