Are we top heavy?

[Thomas Klemm]

(09-23-2015 03:43 PM)Katie Wasserman Wrote:  I started this thread only to ask people if they thought we were too intimidating to new members.

These are three cases I remember where it appears that we lost a new member:

daisyclover18
He started a thread with a question about: HP17bII+ Programming t-distribution. The first answers didn't work. I assume that he never saw my solution since his last visit was before my post. So why did he leave? I have no idea.

tigger
He started 14 threads between 2015-07-24 and 2015-09-06. When I replied to his 3rd thread I wasn't sure if he was trolling. But later I realised that he was really struggling with basics. He got nice answers and this resulted in more threads. Until his last question about rad, grad, deg when he was told:

Quote:you really should research there before asking these kind of questions

Did he leave because of this? Or did he start working with the manuals and thus no further questions came up?
Are we intimidating when we point out How To Ask Questions The Smart Way? Or can we really assume that "new members aren't necessarily sissys"?
I agree with Bill:

Quote:From my point of view, many times an "in the manual" question results in a dialog in the forum that leads to a very interesting discussion on other aspects of the "in the manual" question. The end result is that I learn new aspects that I never was aware of.

MarkHaysHarris777
Joined: 19.01.2015
Last Visit: 30.04.2015 22:44
Total Posts: 334
This poster's frequent "stream of consciousness" (bewusstseinsstrom?) posting style was not well received.
It was asked to limit the number of posts per day because of him.
Asking questions that were answered in a manual would lead to: "Advantage to those who can read".
I must admit that even I once gave hime a snide reply: Yeah, yeah, ... On the other hand his statement wasn't exactly bright.
But then out of the blue no more posts. No updates of his projects. Nada.
I don't think that we have expelled him but honestly I don't have a clue why he left.

To answer your question: I don't think we're intimidating to new members. And even if this happens others usually chime in and put it into perspective.

Kind regards
Thomas