SnotFlickerman comments on This community isn't your personal adviser

This community isn't your personal adviser (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by roofuskit@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Please don't expect the community to give you answers to your questions which you then delete right afterwards. Those of us who put time into answering your questions are not doing so just to serve your personal needs, we are here to help build a community knowledge base that others can search and reference.

This has become a chronic issue with Lemmy and its starting to feel like it's a waste of time to answer questions.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 5 months ago (9 children)

How is it easier to delete a post every time than to set preferences to not be emailed just once, then you never have to again?

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 months ago (8 children)

How do I do that for just that post? And how do I ignore replies for that post so I didn't get any other notices?

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

if you don't want replies, just don't post. everyone will be better off than if you are deleting posts. actually it's the easiest thing to do.

that being said. are you guilty of deleting your posts after they had discussions? because if so, I'll just block you because you are taking away value from the community, not adding to it

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Somebody may want an answer and once they get it don't want the other replies to keep notifying them.

No I don't do this. But it's remarkable that all the lemmykins arguing with me and down-voting me simply can't see things from another person's pov.

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

Somebody may want an answer and once they get it don't want the other replies to keep notifying them.

the first answer is often not the best one
don't take away the discussion from others

But it's remarkable that all the lemmykins arguing with me and down-voting me simply can't see things from another person's pov.

I'm sure we can see that point of view, we just refuse it because it's such a mean pov

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

I mean... I don't disagree but you're arguing against somebody who is not here. I honestly don't know what you expect in response. If you want people to behave a certain way you can either:

a) Say they're stupid and change nothing and continue to bitch about the problem or

b) Understand why they're doing what they do and try to address it.

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago

I mean... I don't disagree but you're arguing against somebody who is not here.

I thought it was obvious. I was arguing with you, because it seemed you were sympathizing with the user that regularly deletes their post. I was arguing that the reasons given are not good reasons. also this is not a DM, others are reading it too. evidence is you got a downvote on this comment, and it was not me. and most people lurking rarely vote.

a) Say they're stupid and change nothing and continue to bitch about the problem or

why, what can I change?

apparently it was already fixed a year or two ago in a yet unreleased version of lemmy. so it seems a software change will not help in a reasonable amount of time.

b) Understand why they're doing what they do and try to address it.

tried, and it makes not much sense to me. nobody is receiving live notifications from lemmy, or if they do, that's because they use a niche client where they didn't turn them off.

but also.. starting a discussion and then not wanting to participate, so dropping a bomb.. that makes no sense.

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