[EVO 4G General] poolphreak:
I might as well break my xda cherry here and while I'm at it, say "Great Post"

I have been around forums and newsgroups since the 14.4 baud days and I can tell you this......

It's hard to be a contributor and not get fed up. I went thru a 10 year phase where I was a flaming maniac. I got so fed up with the AOL'ers (thanks to their free hours cd they crammed down America's throat) that were coming on the Internet. Their sheer stupidity baffled the mind. It's as if every pimply faced 12 year old got on the Internet and flooded the place with stupid questions and their give me this, give me that, you owe me attitude. The problem was even greater when I realized that it wasn't just 12 year olds that were acting this way. The age range was more like 12 - 40 year olds, but they all acted the same.

At first the stupid questions and the elite attitude (3l33t) was funnier than hell. I started out trying to help people.. I would setup FAQ's and link to them in my sig, I answered all questions, no matter how dumb.

Then I started to get fed up with it... I started to see that no matter how much someone gave, it was never enough. Everyone wanted to be spoon fed. Everyone "deserved" everything. No one would lift a finger to try and figure anything out for themselves. Even though there were search engines, FAQ's, Stickies.. no one would read them. They would sign up and start asking questions and expected everyone to give them whatever they wanted and they'd better answer fast too!:D

Regulars would flame them and tell them to get off their lazy ass and search before asking. The part that was truely mind-boggling was.... they would get angry when told that. It wasn't "Hey, sorry, I'll remember to look next time" it was "lOoK l0sEr, d0nT b a pRiCk h0w do i jAilbRaKe my iPoD.

I have no problem with people being harsh with newbies that come on with their Give me attitude or ask the same question that has been asked 100's of times or is answered in the Stickie on every page. Because I'll tell you what... I have seen every kind of approach used and none of them work. None of them. Unfortunately that's the world we live in today.

I mean look at all the posts you see with this for a sig

I mean.. c'mon..... why would anyone not change that as soon as they figured out that was the default sig? I mean... who cares how you posted it? Does it make your "cooler" that you posted from Tapatalk? What relevence at all does it mean to anyone here? For many they think it's cool, for others it means they don't know how to go in and change it or don't feel any need to change it. Regardless, what does that tell you about someone right off the bat. You know the old first impression line.

Anyways, you guys got one kick-ass site here with a lot of great people that are doing great things with smartphones. I'm pretty excited myself, finally getting off my ass and getting a nice smartphone. I could never get into a 320x320 display, had a Palm before. I mean who surfs the Internet with a postage size display? :confused:

With the large screens out there now and a much more open OS, than Apple, I'm excited to get into this technology. But you can rest assured.. I will seek out alot of my questions and try and find answers to them, before asking in this forum. I got my Evo on Thursday and have already logged about 8 hours or so of reading forums and other sites to learn more about it.

So thanks for listening and I hope alot of you don't burn out. I took about a 5 year break and the last few years I've been able to post on forums and remain calm. I say what I want to say and leave it alone. I dont' try and change anyone and I help those that appear to be genuine and sincere and have put forth some effort. I hope those types of people will not ever be punished for the actions of so many others.

Remember there alot of us other there that appreciate all that you regulars do... all the devs, the Site Ops, the Mods and the regulars that make up a great forum.

So thanks.... for everything and for allowing me to pop my cherry... I must clean up now:D