"Do A Search" <--- I'm sick of seeing this.

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I work in I.T. and if my customers knew how to google I'd be out of a job.

Oddly enough, me too!

 

[Bithead]

Can't tell you how many times a customer has called with a question and I ask them to hold while I ask my "tech specialist" (I'm a one person company).

 

[Stuntman]

OK, all is good. We are playing nice now.


Revvy, you sure seem like your old self...not that you are old! Sheez that would mean I'm old.

I sure am glad I read your delima, I put a prayer in my sig and now I cannot get back to the thread to see how everything is going.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Do these people walk up to the water cooler at work and say; "Some of us already discussed this topic, talk about something else."

It's a DISCUSSION forum. Talk about whatever the heck you want (within forum rules of course). If you don't want to participate in a particular discussion; fine, don't.

It does seem a bit strange to say "Do a search" and then post a wall of text.

 

[Bobby_M]

I try to limit my use of "do a search" by actually doing the search and posting a link to the exact post I think answers the question. Then again, I use this site as an excuse not to do any real work.

 

[Shooter]

Quite honestly, I do have to agree that people telling someone to "Do A Search" is pretty rare on this site. If it really gets people PO'd then I would suggest they do not venture to some of the other forums I've seen.

 

[MBasile]

Telling someone to do a search is like the "teach a man to fish" saying. Of course, there are polite and impolite ways of telling people to search.

 

[SweetSounds]

I've told them to do a search. I offer any (little, unqualified) advice I might have, and throw in some search terms.
Like the "What fridge for a kegerator" threads. Every time, and it's been beat to death! And then I read every one. And made my own.
I understand the dilemma now - As a n00b I didn't (Still don't?) know what to search for! Krausawhat? It was foam back then. And I didn't know if i really liked it sitting on top of by beer!

I also think the search function sucks most of the time. It'll get me where I want to go, about 10 posts in. And that's when I know what I'm looking for!
Case in point, a thread yesterday. It was another leaky corny thread. I said replace the o-rings (along with a bunch of other guys), and mentioned that I bought a 4 lifetime supply from McMaster for $4.00.
OP came back somewhat stunned I think that a set of o-rings shouldn't cost $5.00
He didn't know to search for it. But he asked for the part numbers. I tried to search for it. Nothin. About 5 times with different terms - Even though I've been to 3 or 4 threads in the past that had the links in them.
So I pulled them from my McMaster email invoice and posted them. Now they are in another thread, his corny won't leak any more, and we're all happy

 

[Swordsman]

I'm only a regular on one other forum, and I go there a lot more than here. The reason I do so is because if I only go to that forum once in a 24 hr period and check for new posts, I never get more than 10 pages. That's because the community there really fosters in new members the idea that using the search for tired topics is a good idea. Here, if I don't visit at least every 12 hrs, I always get the limit of 20 pages on my "new posts" search. I'm still a beginning brewer, and haven't been active on here very long despite my join date. Further, I haven't posted here very much because I do use the search. For example, I just got a Love controller, searched for how to wire it, and found very good information from BobbyM and others that was so helpful I didn't even need to ask a question. When I first started being active here, I would come here several times a day and just read any new posts I came across that sounded interesting. But I'm already so tired of seeing the same 5 or 6 questions put up as entirely new threads that I've curtailed that to once a day, and just searching for info I need. So I would say that the attitude you have a problem with (which I've never seen done in a rude manner on this forum, as others stated) would actually cause me to be a more active member if it were more prevalant.

 

[MBasile]

I've told them to do a search. I offer any (little, unqualified) advice I might have, and throw in some search terms.
Like the "What fridge for a kegerator" threads. Every time, and it's been beat to death! And then I read every one. And made my own.
I understand the dilemma now - As a n00b I didn't (Still don't?) know what to search for! Krausawhat? It was foam back then. And I didn't know if i really liked it sitting on top of by beer!

I also think the search function sucks most of the time. It'll get me where I want to go, about 10 posts in. And that's when I know what I'm looking for!
Case in point, a thread yesterday. It was another leaky corny thread. I said replace the o-rings (along with a bunch of other guys), and mentioned that I bought a 4 lifetime supply from McMaster for $4.00.
OP came back somewhat stunned I think that a set of o-rings shouldn't cost $5.00
He didn't know to search for it. But he asked for the part numbers. I tried to search for it. Nothin. About 5 times with different terms - Even though I've been to 3 or 4 threads in the past that had the links in them.
So I pulled them from my McMaster email invoice and posted them. Now they are in another thread, his corny won't leak any more, and we're all happy

It is a couple of layers of links in, but part numbers are in the Kegging FAQ's thread.

 

[neovox]

IMO a good rule of thumb is search first, if you're still confused about something or still wanting more on a particular topic, start a new thread. While I think a sharp "use the search" response may be discouraging to new users or folks who aren't familiar with forum edict, posting a question without first doing at least a little bit of digging is just lazy. This site has a fantastic amount of information. I spent a lot of time reading through sticky threads and other folk's posts before posting anything, or registering for that matter. Funny thing is, friends who have been brewing longer than I have say, where do you get this stuff? My answer, I read.

Being pretty new to brewing compared to many on this board, I know that others have run into the same problems and questions that I've run into, so the answers are out there. And the beautiful thing about the net is that you don't have to dig through a bizillion books to find the answer you're looking for. You just have to do a little searching.

On a side note, the volume of information I've gained from this site is what made me decide to buy a membership. A good book costs at least as much as a one year membership and I challenge anyone to get nearly as much info from any single printed book.

Just my

Of course there's also this if you want to be particularly sarcastic.

 

[SweetSounds]

It is a couple of layers of links in, but part numbers are in the Kegging FAQ's thread.

hehehe Guess I should have read that huh?

It just goes back to my point. You can search all day long and still come up empty.

that's why I help when I can, punt when I'm too busy, and at least offer search terms that have worked for me if I send them to the magic button...

 

[neovox]

I do have to add too though that the Google search function was a welcome addition to the board. The built-in search isn't very good.

 

[DarkNoonBrewer]

A good book costs at least as much as a one year membership and I challenge anyone to get nearly as much info from any single printed book.

Just my

Of course there's also this if you want to be particularly sarcastic.

Thats good to say, and from the internet, you can learn anything from laying your own tile to pulling teeth. It may take quite a few weeks of searching around to get the BEST advice. I bet for $5 at a thrift shop, you can find a book that will get your new floor installed that afternoon if you woke early enough to start.

This site is still extremely excellent, and I have been reading a ton of new information that's not in the BJCP study guide or Palmer's book. I will search often, and limit wasting my time with the wrong tags, and ask for assistance when entering the most efficient tag phrase for searching.