[EVO 4G General] pseudoremora:
^^ This! Very much this!

I usually don't try to be a jerk about new users not searching, as they are new users. However, when the same question is repeated numerous times; either in the General or Q&A section, that's when I start getting pissed. (Ex Q: 1) "What are the benefits of root?" 2) "This x method of rooting isn't working for me, why?" 3) "Is there an app for or easier method instead of using ADB"?, etc, etc

Now... to each question, there is an answer -- already out there. However, new users nowadays seem to give up quickly and go directly to the General or Q&A section and post the same question more than once just rephrased differently. This irritates the **** out me. Why?

Well,

1) To a question like:

"This x method of rooting isn't working for me, why?"

-- The answer to this question can be found in the rooting thread you're currently going off of... POST your question in that thread, why post a new question altogether in the general/q&a section for an answer? That wastes space and adds to the search list.

2) To a question like:

"Is there an app for or an easier method instead of using ADB?"

-- This is really pisses me off. I don't know when users began not liking using ADB (I know on the CDMA Hero forums, this wasn't a huge problem)... but damn... it's a ****ing huge issue here. Everyone seems to want the easiest solution to the problem and not have to do any work. People want "one-click" options/solutions as opposed to doing it manually or the "hard way"

You know what I think about that? You're cheating yourself. Obviously the new user that's come here or found this site... did so by using the SEARCH function, probably from Google? Why is it that when the new user gets here then... that the searching ability they had before somehow disappears and he/she just relies on answers and hand-holding via the General or Q&A section?

Every one of us was curious when we got our Android phones and that curiosity brought us here for a couple of reasons: 1) To root our phones, a given. 2) Hopefully to continue your curiosity for knowledge about Android and it's given potential. 3) To contribute in some manner or another. If you were curious enough to search Google and find XDA... then you should be curious/driven enough to continue searching for your answers here on XDA and continue doing so until you find the answer.

99% of the time I always give the answer to a question being asked to the best of my ability, but also remind them that the answer I found was obtained via searching.

It is imperative that new users understand XDA is here for development, learning, and contribution and that everyone was a "noob" at some point... who didn't use the search function like they were told too. However, that will change with time and repeative reminding from senior/veteran users. If a veteran member is rude or flames someone for it, I see no reason why anyone should be getting mad, that person has already been in the same situation and rightfully so is being direct with the new user.

Search is a tool. Like any tool, it requires practice in order to master. Knowing what keywords to enter when searching makes all the difference, if you never practice searching, you'll never find an answer for what you're looking for, thus the reason why everyone should always search, always.