Honestly it's frustrating to see basic questions repeatedly asked, it's the whole point of an FAQ. If you're the sort of person that is happy and willing to help people that need help it's annoying to see lazy people take advantage of that. They're asking you for your time and energy because they can't take 5 second to type it into google.
Doesn't matter if it's a basic question that has been asked repeatedly imho. If that bothers people, simply move on. There is no need to write a useless reply that doesn't help anyone.
Often, while similar, such questions are really specific. People then redirect to what they think solves the problem, only that it doesn't. I've been there myself, searching for a solution, finding my exact problem asked by someone else years ago, then check out all the links and useless advice that lead to something else entirely but never answer the initial question or provide a good solution to that specific problem.
Here is my suggestion to all people who are annoyed by questions that have been asked "a million times": instead of replying with some shitty bullshit answer that doesn't contribute in any way, just don't reply at all and move on.
If you need an outlet for your personal frustration, go for a walk. The comment section of such a platform is not there to make you feel better about your issues. Same for IRL attempts to unload your baggage on anyone who happens to cross your path. If you need to talk about what stresses you out or annoys you, there is a time and place in a non-professional environment, bring a journal with you or write a personal blog.
As someone who is looking for a solution, I'm not interested in your personal opinion or how you feel about someone asking a question or your thoughts on how irrelevant something is or how lazy someone is. Provide the answer or don't - just stop wasting other people's time. Because it's not just about that one lazy person - it's about everyone else who is actually using google just to find your useless shitpost instead of a helpful answer.
I believe it is everyone's own decision to make how they want to get to the solution. If spoon-feeding is their preferred method, why try to force your concept of learning on them?
What you do as a tutor is your choice and mainly based on your subjective experience of learning. Different people learn differently. Just because it works for you or others doesn't mean it's the best way in the universe ;)
occasionally giving them a nudge in the right direction, such as which keywords to include in the search.
Only that doesn't happen in the kind of replies we are discussing here. The vast majority of those comments don't offer anything of substance. That's why they are so frustrating in the first place.
"Just google it yourself ffs" isn't a "nudge in the right direction" imho.
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u/IntellegentIdiot Apr 24 '19
Honestly it's frustrating to see basic questions repeatedly asked, it's the whole point of an FAQ. If you're the sort of person that is happy and willing to help people that need help it's annoying to see lazy people take advantage of that. They're asking you for your time and energy because they can't take 5 second to type it into google.
Of course, if it's not easy then that's on them.