so about posting and searching on XDA...

[CelticDruid]

As it turns out when I do a search for a topic the little search bar gives me EVERYTHING I dont need.. and NOTHING about what I do.. I understand that a lot of people just post new threads about the same crud but still, instead of just jumping down their throats take time to listen and tell them and, if you know, where to find the topic they are looking for .. perhaps with a link and a polite comment. Constantly saying "Did you use search?" is not helpful at all. AND answering their question with "This thread will be closed because another member already has a post like this" still doesn't answer the persons question. Imagine going to the airport and trying to find a flight, and when you ask a airport employee where the flight is they just say " someone already asked where that plane was and your question will be ignored thanks and next time use SEARCH" I am sure that would make you quite livid.. I am done ranting and I am sure the moderators will delete this before my head can turn away from the keyboard....:mad:

[futbolkeeper]

Sigh.... use this to search (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304582). I'm not even going to get into the rest...

[stylez]

Please post in the correct forum probably general i'm sure if you used the search you would have found a subject about search :D

[incredulous]

*Sigh* Why do people find it so hard to use these forums properly?

[CelticDruid]

lol of course someone would just want to tell me to use search. And the FAIL part is .. I DIDNT EVEN NEED ANYONES HELP just needed a few people to see this and agree with me.

[CelticDruid]

close the thread already.. Im just frustrated with the lack of helpful community

and whats even funnier is that not ONE of you has asked me if I needed help. Just jumped on the bash train and ran my a** over

[futbolkeeper]

lol of course someone would just want to tell me to use search. And the FAIL part is .. I DIDNT EVEN NEED ANYONES HELP just needed a few people to see this and agree with me.

That's because this is a completely useless thread in a Development Forum. That's why we respond with disdain and contempt in our hearts. :p

[kaiserII101]

actually its quite a helpful community but nobody is going to spoonfeed you. This thread should be closed it has little to no value, especially in the ROM thread.

[CelticDruid]

My point to all this is, the people who use search are usually lost and instead of helping them you would rather just tell them what they already know. Which is why this thread was purposefully placed in the rom development section of XDA developers, so please, by all means, close this thread and be a human being for a change rather than a hate bot. All saying the same hateful and redundant thing....:eek:

[kaiserII101]

This is a development community not a "Ooooo Get my phone unlocked for free" or a "make my phone neat and kewl" place. That is why the name is xda-developers. There is plenty of stuff already out there and the search button gives you plenty of info if all of the info at the wiki wasn't enough. It's just called looking a bit with the search button as in reading reading and more reading. Not doing so is just laziness. You don't just look at the first page of your search results. You go through them throughly.

....Where is Dave or kareem?

[denco7]

Imagine going to the airport and trying to find a flight, and when you ask a airport employee where the flight is they just say " someone already asked where that plane was and your question will be ignored thanks and next time use SEARCH"

All well and good if this was the HTC funded 24 hour help line, but it is not, it is a developers forum.

Go to Execu-jet ( charter jet service ) and ask them when the next flight to Paris is . and they will tell you to go to the airport and ask the people whos job it is to help you .

[stylez]

My point to all this is, the people who use search are usually lost and instead of helping them you would rather just tell them what they already know. Which is why this thread was purposefully placed in the rom development section of XDA developers, so please, by all means, close this thread and be a human being for a change rather than a hate bot. All saying the same hateful and redundant thing....:eek:

No need to get personal :eek::D

Mods please close.....

[CelticDruid]

This is a development community not a "Ooooo Get my phone unlocked for free" or a "make my phone neat and kewl" place. That is why the name is xda-developers. There is plenty of stuff already out there and the search button gives you plenty of info if all of the info at the wiki wasn't enough. It's just called looking a bit with the search button as in reading reading and more reading. Not doing so is just laziness. You don't just look at the first page of your search results. You go through them throughly.

....Where is Dave or kareem?

again missing my point. Lost people need help right? and if SEARCH isn't giving the help then who the hell else can they turn to? You developers, hackers, and all around good folks... So stop being so darn cynical and hateful

I bid you good day sir...... I SAID GOOD DAY SIR....

[Donny Bahama]

While it's true this was not the proper forum for such a rant, I couldn't agree more with what the OP was saying. The resources on xda-dev are incredible and unparalleled but the attitude of many senior members and mods is arrogant and unhelpful. I try to use the search all the time, but when I find a thread that looks like it could contain the answer I seek, the f----ng thing is closed (without an answer) about a third of the time!

There's a simple solution to this BS, and most of us learned it in kindergarten. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Why waste your time with a "UTFS" (use the f----ng search) post when you could simply IGNORE it? If someone else WANTS to take the time to "spoon feed" the OP, WHAT'S THE HARM IN THAT? "Wasted space!" "Wasted bandwidth!" "Forum clutter!" - Well what do you think all those useless UTFS posts are?!

As for the heavy-handed mods closing threads at the drop of the hat, WHY WASTE YOUR TIME? If it's in the wrong forum (as this one is), MOVE IT. If you think it's redundant, post a link THEN close it - or just ignore it. Closed threads make no sense at all. If it's in violation of forum rules, DELETE it. Otherwise leave it alone and give it the CHANCE to be useful (at least to someone.)

I'll give a pefect example, right here in this particular forum. Try finding a good naked ROM for Kaiser. I mean truly naked - eOS FiRe is definitely NOT, but that's what gets recommended - just before such threads get closed by mods with the BS comment, "Plenty such ROMS out there. Thread closed." Really? Where? Good luck finding one via the search.

[Mikey]

Your best search feature on this forum, is on the top bar.
Uses google feature to search XDA.
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/f82281bd8068a9477c8fec317b0e64e02g.jpg

We do try and help everyone on here.

[Mikey]

I'll give a pefect example, right here in this particular forum. Try finding a good naked ROM for Kaiser. I mean truly naked - eOS FiRe is definitely NOT, but that's what gets recommended - just before such threads get closed by mods with the BS comment, "Plenty such ROMS out there. Thread closed." Really? Where? Good luck finding one via the search.

Will any of these searches (http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000825531964825142534%3Acqr2sjirilw&q=naked+ROM+for+Kaiser&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) help you find one??

[the-equinoxe]

I'll give a pefect example, right here in this particular forum. Try finding a good naked ROM for Kaiser. I mean truly naked - eOS FiRe is definitely NOT, but that's what gets recommended - just before such threads get closed by mods with the BS comment, "Plenty such ROMS out there. Thread closed." Really? Where? Good luck finding one via the search.

Will any of these searches (http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000825531964825142534%3Acqr2sjirilw&q=naked+ROM+for+Kaiser&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) help you find one??

Ohh mickey, now you have showed him the magic keywords how to search for a naked ROM for Kaiser.
You know that now you have disclosed our trade secrets.
Punative actions will be taken for breeching the non-disclosure act ;)

A search is only as good as the keywords you feed it.
eg. instead of "naked ROM" you could also use "vanilla ROM", or "clean ROM".

This thread is even more ridicules than my comments to Mickey my post, so I'll close it..

[Mikey]

Even though equinoxe thinks, im the famous mouse, it's ok :D

I like it when he calls me names :D

[the-equinoxe]

Even though equinoxe thinks, im the famous mouse, it's ok :D

I like it when he calls me names :D

Lol, I did it again didn't I..

Mental Note Mikey Without a C..