On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
Enforcing of these type of rules is why the StackExchange sites have such a good signal-to-noise ratio.
Absolutely. But I don't mind a lot of shoot-the-breeze mixed in with "Help me fix my client crisis." We're a good bunch here and and if we wander off topic to talk about 3-D dragons or "this is the year for the Cubs" or serious philosophical discussions about the nature of our business, that's fine, and what makes the forum so valuable.
But if you want someone to help you fix an issue, you've got to post it like a bug report.
Posts like "Hey, guys, has anyone had trouble printing to an HP printer?" just waste everyone's time. Of course we have, from "PC Load Letter? WTF?" to bad drivers to PCL5/6 incompatibilities to "I forgot to plug it in" to rodent droppings in the paper trays.