[lemonoman]

Personally, I'm intolerant of things that waste my time.

I've stopped replying to people's questions.  Most people don't want to understand, they just want answers.  It's not worth my time to reply to them.

Recently I've stopped replying to the "General" non-chemistry posts too.  I don't really get anything from replying, and people generally aren't going to change their opinion based on what I post.  No change to anything, anywhere --> Not worth my time.

Except the last few days, when people started confronting Alpha-Omega about her frequent posting.  I admit, I've been annoyed by her posts.  It's a waste of my time to filter through the "Unread posts" just to not waste even more of my time by reading one of her posts.  I have wasted too much time actually reading some her posts to let it happen again (Back in the day, when I assumed she might contribute something of value).  BUT, the same goes for almost all posts on any forum.

Thus, The only way to prevent wasting any time, in any way, is to stop coming to Chemicalforums.

Thats why, when you read this, I'm a "Guest".

Good luck to Mitch, the other moderators, and everyone else.

I hope you learned something from my post.  I could have just stopped coming, but I feel like I can teach people something by explaining why I'm doing it.  Don't waste your time on something that doesn't benefit you at all.  Think about it and have fun

[Arkcon]

Personally, I'm intolerant of things that waste my time.

That is strong feeling for me as well.  I can get pretty cranky, and it can spill over where it isn't warranted.  So yeah, this is pretty important to keep in mind.

I've stopped replying to people's questions.  Most people don't want to understand, they just want answers.  It's not worth my time to reply to them.

Yeah, there's a lot of that here.  But it seems to come in waves, some people seem to care, some play along to a point, stuff like that.

Recently I've stopped replying to the "General" non-chemistry posts too.  I don't really get anything from replying, and people generally aren't going to change their opinion based on what I post.  No change to anything, anywhere --> Not worth my time.

That's kind of unavoidable.  People arrive with a bias, and really look for reaffirmation, or ask a question they don't even understand, and have to follow up, sometimes losing the point.  That's sort of typical forum dynamics, the limitations of the media.

Except the last few days, when people started confronting Alpha-Omega about her frequent posting.  I admit, I've been annoyed by her posts.  It's a waste of my time to filter through the "Unread posts" just to not waste even more of my time by reading one of her posts.  I have wasted too much time actually reading some her posts to let it happen again (Back in the day, when I assumed she might contribute something of value).  BUT, the same goes for almost all posts on any forum.

I actually brought that up at the very first post.  If you can become annoyed at job postings, are you really ready for "gimmie gimmie" posts or, "prove my religion wrong", or "all Amerikans scientists suck, look at Dubya."  You'll have to take a step back, chuckle, and then dive in where you feel the urge.

Thus, The only way to prevent wasting any time, in any way, is to stop coming to Chemicalforums.

Thats why, when you read this, I'm a "Guest".

Good luck to Mitch, the other moderators, and everyone else.

I hope you learned something from my post.  I could have just stopped coming, but I feel like I can teach people something by explaining why I'm doing it.  Don't waste your time on something that doesn't benefit you at all.  Think about it and have fun

Well, keep on stopping by, these things do tend to come in waves.  Everyone has an internal bias, in everything they say, try and see that, and look for what's happening that will call you back.

FWIW, I do believe I get something out of it, if someone seems to learn something, and says so, then comes back and helps someone else, that's a pretty big rush.  Also, I have questions too, but I don't want to be a "gimmie gimmie" person, so I do feel obligated to help.  If nothing else, I can improve the board, by gently asking for more info, before someone just flames the noob, and they run off in a huff.

[Arkcon]

I'm feeling a little bored right now, so I started browsing these boards, at the bottom, where the first posts were made.  Sometimes, that's some funny stuff I tells ya, funny stuff.  At any rate, some people have been active on these boards since they were founded in 2004, and some others were pretty big into back than, and I haven't heard from them lately.  But hey, any of them could be back at any time.

[billnotgatez]

mountains out of mole hills

just sort on user name and skip the alpha posts

geeeesh

[Arkcon]

Nawh...I kinda see where lemonoman: is coming from.  I've noticed too, sometimes the day's postings just seems to all be running uphill, you answer, they don't get it, you try again, they demand an answer.  But these things do tend to pass.

[enahs]

Am I the only one that sees the irony in somebody wasting their time writing up a post about why they are no longer going to come here to waste their time? Would it not be more efficient from a time stand point to just stop coming?


Being sociable is not a waste of time, fyi.

[Arkcon]

Being sociable is not a waste of time, fyi.

Well, maybe that's the whole point of helping other people out, just being sociable.  For me, posting online may be the most sociable thing I do.  What, you think I cruise the bar scene, looking for people who need chemistry help?

Hey, lemonoman: got tired of telling people to "read their textbook" or "check Wikipedia first", so he gave us all one last tip.  It's a pretty good one really, make sure you like being here and helping people.

What's really ironic is when you click on someone's profile, and look at their earliest posts.  Years ago, lemonoman: was posting jobs too -- about 6, not the dozens posted so far, by Alpha-Omega:, but still job posts none the less.

[Mitch]

Hope to see you around lemonoman. As we're all Chemists I'm sure we'll run into each other again, either online or in the real world.

Mitch