This most likely belongs in the Off Topic forum, since this forum isnt for posts like this one. I am only posting it here because I think the only people that come here try to make the forums at large better.
Background:
Since I graduated, I have come back here after a hiatus. I have noticed the same off topic posts every so often. I see software issues being posted in General Hardware. I see trouble shooting - technical support being posted in General Hardware and Highly Technical. Now I know we have a long tradition of having hardware specific tech support issues being "ok" in General Hardware. Personally, I think that shouldn't be, but that's not the point of this thread.
The Issue at Hand:
There are usually 3 things you can do to an off topic post: help, tell where the should post and get help, and report it to the moderator for a lock\move.
I do a combination of the first two, since the 3rd would be doing the job the moderator should be doing in the first place. I do want to help, and often, I do. There are times, late at night, when I just "explode" and say, "off topic, blah blah blah." However, helping just leads to more of such off topic posts since they do not encourage posting in the correct place.
What are we, non-moderator, forum users\helpers supposed to do??
Background:
Since I graduated, I have come back here after a hiatus. I have noticed the same off topic posts every so often. I see software issues being posted in General Hardware. I see trouble shooting - technical support being posted in General Hardware and Highly Technical. Now I know we have a long tradition of having hardware specific tech support issues being "ok" in General Hardware. Personally, I think that shouldn't be, but that's not the point of this thread.
The Issue at Hand:
There are usually 3 things you can do to an off topic post: help, tell where the should post and get help, and report it to the moderator for a lock\move.
I do a combination of the first two, since the 3rd would be doing the job the moderator should be doing in the first place. I do want to help, and often, I do. There are times, late at night, when I just "explode" and say, "off topic, blah blah blah." However, helping just leads to more of such off topic posts since they do not encourage posting in the correct place.
What are we, non-moderator, forum users\helpers supposed to do??
