I personally draw the line in the sand at “me too" replies in excess. It doesn't bother me if you're only in the minority but once it gets out of control some of the me too replies need to go. This is more to provide a reference point on my firm line regarding this.
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I personally draw a hard line in the sand at excess me too comments/answers. Subscribe to the question without a “me too” and ONLY chime in if the old solutions do not work. Once it gets out of control, some of them need to go and your me too could be there so it’s best to avoid doing so if you can help it. Ask a new question if you need a new solution.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion so we know.
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Software tied to hardware is fair game for me, and it doesn’t concern me. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but it’s acceptable since it's tied to hardware. I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court, but if someone is okay with the risk I don’t see the problem. I cannot control who uses the information so while the risk is minimal, the annoyances if something goes wrong outweigh the positives.
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Software tied to hardware is fine and doesn’t concern me. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but it’s acceptable since it's tied to hardware. I don't answer these because I'm not interested in dealing with a legal headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court. The risk is minimal, but I cannot control the information so I simply do not answer these. The risk outweighs ANY positives that may come of it.
I personally draw the line in the sand at “me too" replies in excess. It doesn't bother me if you're only in the minority but once it gets out of control some of the me too replies need to go. This is more to provide a reference point on my firm line regarding this.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion. Software tied to hardware is fair game. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but acceptable since it's tied to hardware but I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court… No thank you. I cannot control who uses the information so while the risk is minimal, the annoyances if something goes wrong outweigh the positives.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion.
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Software tied to hardware is fair game for me, and it doesn’t concern me. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but it’s acceptable since it's tied to hardware. I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court, but if someone is okay with the risk I don’t see the problem. I cannot control who uses the information so while the risk is minimal, the annoyances if something goes wrong outweigh the positives.
I personally draw the line in the sand at “me too" replies in excess. It doesn't bother me if you're only in the minority but once it gets out of control some of the me too replies need to go. This is more to provide a reference point on my firm line regarding this.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion. Software tied to hardware is fair game. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but acceptable since it's tied to hardware but I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court… No thank you. I cannot control who uses the information.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion. Software tied to hardware is fair game. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but acceptable since it's tied to hardware but I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court… No thank you. I cannot control who uses the information so while the risk is minimal, the annoyances if something goes wrong outweigh the positives.
I personally draw the line in the sand at “me too" replies in excess. It doesn't bother me if you're only in the minority but once it gets out of control some of the me too replies need to go. This is more to provide a reference point on my firm line regarding this.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mine but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion. For example I consider BIOS passwords software but acceptable software questions since it's tied to hardware but I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court… No thank you.
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Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mind as much (although I don't think it's 100% repair related) but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion. Software tied to hardware is fair game. For example I consider BIOS password resets software but acceptable since it's tied to hardware but I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache if/when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court… No thank you. I cannot control who uses the information.
I personally draw the line in the sand at “me too" replies in excess. It doesn't bother me if you're only in the minority but once it gets out of control some of the me too replies need to go. This is more to provide a reference point on my firm line regarding this.
Software is a grey area to me. If it's about fixing a boot issue I don't mine but if it's something like “Can my laptop run X?” I don't consider it repair related; ask the vendor first and explicitly mention you tried if you do it out of exhaustion. For example I consider BIOS passwords software but acceptable software questions since it's tied to hardware but I don't help those askers because I'm not going to deal with the headache when someone uses my information to unlock a stolen system and I need to answer to the police or a court… No thank you.
