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flash (macromedia) : New to Posting? Please use a Sensible Subject Line !


tralfaz
4/8/2004 11:42:44 PM
When you post a question to a forum, the helpful thing to do is to use a
subject line that relates to your question, like:
"Movieclip Control"
"setRGB question"
"ActionScript Problem"
etc.

Way too many posts are showing up lately with subject lines like this:

"Quick Question"
"Easy Question"
"Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I am an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

You could ask yourself if you were searching the forum archives for an
answer to your question, would you expect to find your answer by searching
for a subject line like one of those? Let's help other people find answers
in the future by using a sensible subject line.

The second problem with using subject lines like those is that the expert
people that you need help from here may skip your post because of it.

Thanks!
tralfaz

creativity06
4/9/2004 7:52:07 AM
Carl Fink
4/9/2004 1:14:35 PM
The most frustrating subject line (for me) is

FLASH QUESTION!?!?!?

We knew that -- this is a Flash discussion zone.

If you're going to post a question, read this
essay first:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
urami_
4/10/2004 1:42:07 AM
There is especially recently some weird wave of lazy slash some more lazy newbies
who seriously ask extremely fundamental questions and stuff that we talk about here
hundreds of times. Some even post few threads away from same question , no to bother look
up to recent topics , which would be sufficient to get immediate fix to a problem.
Topic lines - that's another totally subject .....

Don't refuse help to people but these are just so plain lazy , no compassion shall be given :)
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