Recent comments in /f/MechanicalKeyboards

scyhhe t1_ixyfadu wrote

Great designs to choose from, i picked two as Christmas gifts for a friend :)

I’d say the shipping is a bit on the expensive side though, almost 16€ to Austria, which basically gets offset from the Black Friday sale, so you kinda just get free shipping and no discount on the mats themselves.

Other than that, all good!

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PineAndApplePizza t1_ixyauqx wrote

Yeah, but we really don't need new people in "XHobbyJokes" asking noob questions and a lot of subs is about that. Inexperienced people making posts there make the experience bad. "XHobby" subs should be welcoming tho, but within a reason, people often can't google shit themselves and even if they try, but haven't found an explanation within 15m they start posting questions. If you're interested in something, then you can spend a few hours learning the basics. We are tired of people asking if they can fix their "A" key that doesn't work, there's a million videos how to fix a mech, just shut up and do it yourself, it's disrespectful of other's time and actually harmful for the community, because genuine questions are blended with spam all the time.

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QWERKey-UK t1_ixy8e6p wrote

I don't understand. It's not just about beginners. While most of the repetitive questions do come from beginners, they are not exclusive to beginners. There are also people who join and just lurk. There's no real way to differentiate in a way that would "filter" people in such a way, and to be honest, it would be discriminating to do so. Effectively, it would be saying, "You've been here a week, so you know nothing", and conversely, "You've been here for a year, so you shouldn't be asking in this thread".

The ideal solution should be that people just take the small amount of time, and effort required to see if their question is a common one before they post, but despite notices asking them to do just that, they do not. This would be the advice in any large sub or forum, not just this one.

Did you ask your question again after the 24 hour reset, or did you just assume that because it wasn't answered then the thread is useless?

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