In the beginning, scientific discovery was about giants standing on each other‘s shoulders.

Today, the shoulders of even the greatest giants are not nearly enough. We have to climb Magnificent towers built by thousands and thousands of people of all kinds.

The misguided egotist scrabbles about the towers pediment then digs a hole and climbs in, shouting to everyone that he can’t see what the people up the tower report.

When passersby offer a ladder he ignores it or claims it doesn’t fit in his hole.

The truth is he doesn’t want to get out of his hole, he just wants a lot of people standing around trying to get him out.

The sincerity all lies on his rescuers’ side, and so I find this otherwise unimportant thing abusive.

 

This is the third and LAST time that I'll offer you a ladder. Now, DO YOU WANT ME TO LOWER THIS LADDER SO YOU CAN CLIMB OUT OF THAT PIT THAT YOU DUG?

 

A couple of recent poster's names immediately come to mind...

 

I really don't intend to cause distress to any particular person. But this is a widespread Internet thing, and it really does hurt the sincere people who try, far too long, to "help". You can't help with the stated problem, and the "help" you can give can never satisfy the insatiable desire.

 

A couple of recent poster's names immediately come to mind...

My thoughts exactly!
Max.

 

I really don't intend to cause distress to any particular person. But this is a widespread Internet thing, and it really does hurt the sincere people who try, far too long, to "help". You can't help with the stated problem, and the "help" you can give can never satisfy the insatiable desire.

When I realize that giving help on the stated problem will end up making no long-term difference in the person's ability to solve problems for himself, that's when I bow out. I've put about a dozen individuals, those I call the "chronically clueless," on my 'Ignore' list so I don't have to keep seeing their tiresome bleating.

It makes AAC a much more enjoyable place.

 

A couple of recent poster's names immediately come to mind...

I think it odd that they seemed to show up at the same time.

 

I've put about a dozen individuals, those I call the "chronically clueless," on my 'Ignore' list so I don't have to keep seeing their tiresome bleating.

It makes AAC a much more enjoyable place.

I wish the Arduino and Raspberry Pi forums had an ignore function. I thought I might contribute and learn on those forums, but it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.

 

I gave up on the Arduino Forum long ago. There are some good folks there and then there are the abusers/trolls with tons of bad or misleading info.

 

I wish the Arduino and Raspberry Pi forums had an ignore function. I thought I might contribute and learn on those forums, but it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.

I came here from those two forums in a "beam me up, Scotty!" moment, for exactly that reason as well as this one:

I gave up on the Arduino Forum long ago. There are some good folks there and then there are the abusers/trolls with tons of bad or misleading info.

 

You don't have to go far to see how bad it can get. In a recent tread here:
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/...nce-on-the-ignition-unit.163844/#post-1439852
@danadak gave a link to this thread: http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1899065
There is content, but just look at the rubbish. It was tough reading, and I gave up. Thankfully, @shortbus pointed out the salient post. (In no way is this meant as a criticism of danadak.)

As for the "pit" aspect, I have used the report button, and I suppose others have too. While those threads are annoying, they eventually get closed.