[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
But it's true. I don't want this to get anymore off topic than what its is but here's the thing, so many lazy members want the experienced members to do all of the work for them. This is a HUGE forum with a lot of information. Many members click on the "How to root the S7 EDGE" and the very first thing that they see (currently) is 77 pages of information. Just to root their phone. Do we expect anyone to read all 77 pages? Hell no. If you read the first and last 2, I'd be impressed. But that's all you really need to do to be honest. Then from there, find what posts grab your attention the most and search from there. If you stay on top of it then it really isn't that difficult. But some of us have been on top of it since BEFORE the phone came out. But what if you just got the phone? Then... wow! 77 pages! Where to start? Well... to those I reply... 'With the very first one. One step at a time. If you feel inspired to move on to the next post then move on. If you feel the urge to carry on to the next page, then carry on. The more you read and do for yourself the better off you'll be. Heck... you might even find yourself helping other members of XDA! But if you only want to be spoonfed, you'll end up eventually being lost and without a phone. You'll be given wrong information and end up bricking.'

That might be a lot to say to any new member, but it's the absolute truth. There are hundreds of active and contributing members on this forum but there are thousands of visitors and members that simply have an account just to log on, read and log off doing absolutely nothing for the community. And we're okay with that! We need to be because that's what we're here for. But the members that take the resources for granted, ignore all of the hard work that has been put in, too lazy to read and search, pushing and demanding developers to make things just for them and then asking for ETA's as though they deserve it, the ones that need other people to do research and provide information for them or whatever reasoning behind it all those are the ones that slow down progress. While they contribute little, their demand is great. We (XDA) try our best to aid them but eventually grow tiresome of the neverending battle of repetitive inquiries and cries for help from those members. Yet, they all eventually get what they need. All the while making the unwilling look bitter and cold. That is not the true intention of XDA Community, it is however the true nature. Perhaps the senior members (like myself) need more patience. These overwhelmed new members were once us. We tend to forget that. Just like children they ask questions no matter how silly we think that they may be. They need guidance. Sometimes, they may even need to be spoonfeeding and handholding. But if that be the case, they also need disciplining. They also need to make mistakes. I've bricked a phone before. I was angry with myself for weeks for doing it. I believe that everyone needs to know that feeling. I've learned the hard way to ALWAYS make backups. Always search, cross reference, even check the reputation of a member which posts questionable content. I've even learned the forum rules by becoming a moderator and really seeing the "inner workings" of the community. There are a lot of dark sides to this forum. A lot of bad members, a lot of bad vibes that I can't discuss even within the moderator-ship. From the inside you'll see behind the vail of the community and it's not at all pretty. Let's just say that sometimes, ignorance is bliss. I say this because with all of the ups and downs in the forum it has the bright side of ALWAYS been strong and full of information. That information all originates from members and each of those members started off somewhere. Therefore, to the new members not knowing where to start, I suggest you use the guides that hundreds of the senior members worked tirelessly to create, edit and update just for you. Use the search feature that although is not perfect, still works pretty damn well. Be curious and take chances. Success and mistakes bring experience and wisdom. Don't be afraid of getting some of your own because it's something that no developer, hacker, editor, member or moderator can give you. It's something that you must develop for yourself. If you're a developer (of a rom, hack, app, kernel, script or even just of wisdom itself) and chose not to share then... okay. That's on you. But keep in mind that you wouldn't be where you're at today without the ones that chose to do so.

There, I think that I said enough. :)