dssur
+1y
telling kids or newbies stuff they dont want to hear is not hating. I told a guy once that if what he wanted to do was as easy as he was talking about that everyone would have already done it, and he told me to drink some more haterade. I told a guy that he couldnt change the laws of physics to suit his application and he told me I must just be a hater. I told a guy that if he wanted to be original it would take more than bagging his s10 on 20's and of course I was being a hater according to him. If a guy asks 15k for a bagged s10, or 9k for a static dropped s10, I say good luck with that and yep, you guessed it, I am a hater.
Hater is the stupidest term. I like learning new things, and being wrong is how you learn to be right. But every dumbass punk with a keyboard who thinks he can build an internet reputation with a rendering of the things he PLANS to do to his truck gets gets mad at me for pointing out that it takes more than talking about something to get my respect, well, I guess I am a hater and you can ban me now. For every old school guy who thinks I should suck him off because he has been minitruckin 5-10-15-20 years and he should be able to say whatever he wants, well, I guess I am a hater and you should ban me now. These two groups of people are the problem acts, the kids who think their post count should give them some credibility and the hard asses who are resting on their laurels and couldnt give two squirts about helping out the new guys.
I dont care how many times a question is asked, over and over, you shouldnt just say "use the search feature stupid" because a) the search feature rarely works for its intended purpose and b) the forum has been around long enough that there is usually no single right answer. Until someone puts together a FAQ, if you have the knowledge and ability you should answer every single repetitive question or you should shut the fuck up. If you know of a previous thread that answers the question, post it. If you dont remember the link or dont have it saved, take the 5 minutes out of your day to find it for the guy because if nothing else he will ALWAYS remember how someone took the time to help him and oh well what the hell he will help someone else. If you DONT have the knowledge or information you should absolutely keep your mouth shut because it sucks to correct guys who have 1000's of posts as much as it sucks to be the one being corrected. Opinion is not fact. It never will be.
Otherwise I like SSM. I dont have personal problems with the staff or the moderators, and even if I did I would pay to keep an informational site like this around for years and years and squash all the personal bullshit that gets in the way of having some of the most knowledgeable people frequent the site. Its the internet people. Get some thicker skin or stay on your myspace page where everyone loves you.
/rant