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<blockquote data-quote="grandpaw" data-source="post: 171560" data-attributes="member: 8635">In 2005 I wrote my opinion about this on another photography site that I am a member of and since then it has been a sticky over on that site. I can understand some people coming to ask a question with no thoughts of sticking around. You are required on each site to register before you can participate in any of the forums. I have done this myself to try and get some help about a laptop but had no interest in sticking around on the forums because I am not a computer person and just needed some help with a problem I was having. To me I do not have a problem with this one time question because some people just need help with a problem and leave after getting the answer but some others might just stick around due to the helpful nature of the forum or site. My problem is when they do not respond to questions asked or thank members for trying to help them. Below is a copy and paste from my 2005 post on the other site about my thoughts about this.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lets&nbsp; help each other out !!!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I am sure this has probably been ask many times in the past but&nbsp; here it goes again. We are all trying to learn and gain knowledge here&nbsp; so if you have a problem and request help in solving it please post the&nbsp; answer to the problem when you get it so everyone will benefit. We need&nbsp; to share the answers along with the questions so everyone can learn from&nbsp; each others experiences.

Sometimes people ask a question and folks try and help out with an&nbsp; answer but the original person doesn't ever come back to acknowledge the&nbsp; replies. Nobody even has any way of knowing if the replies have even&nbsp; been looked at or read or done any good.

I would think if someone goes through the trouble to try and help you&nbsp; out then it would be nice to come back and at least acknowledge their&nbsp; efforts. I can't help out much myself yet in the answer department but I&nbsp; would think the regulars that do would feel more like helping us if&nbsp; they received some feed back on their efforts.

Just an observation on my part. Thanks, Jeff&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 

I would like to add a BIG THANK YOU to all of you that have helped me out directly and to others that have posted questions that I have learned from by reading the thread.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
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[QUOTE="grandpaw, post: 171560, member: 8635"] In 2005 I wrote my opinion about this on another photography site that I am a member of and since then it has been a sticky over on that site. I can understand some people coming to ask a question with no thoughts of sticking around. You are required on each site to register before you can participate in any of the forums. I have done this myself to try and get some help about a laptop but had no interest in sticking around on the forums because I am not a computer person and just needed some help with a problem I was having. To me I do not have a problem with this one time question because some people just need help with a problem and leave after getting the answer but some others might just stick around due to the helpful nature of the forum or site. My problem is when they do not respond to questions asked or thank members for trying to help them. Below is a copy and paste from my 2005 post on the other site about my thoughts about this. [B]Lets help each other out !!![/B] [INDENT] I am sure this has probably been ask many times in the past but here it goes again. We are all trying to learn and gain knowledge here so if you have a problem and request help in solving it please post the answer to the problem when you get it so everyone will benefit. We need to share the answers along with the questions so everyone can learn from each others experiences. Sometimes people ask a question and folks try and help out with an answer but the original person doesn't ever come back to acknowledge the replies. Nobody even has any way of knowing if the replies have even been looked at or read or done any good. I would think if someone goes through the trouble to try and help you out then it would be nice to come back and at least acknowledge their efforts. I can't help out much myself yet in the answer department but I would think the regulars that do would feel more like helping us if they received some feed back on their efforts. Just an observation on my part. Thanks, Jeff I would like to add a BIG THANK YOU to all of you that have helped me out directly and to others that have posted questions that I have learned from by reading the thread. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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