Read The Rules!

Telling you the obvious does not help!!

Life is about trying new things and going to places that you have not visited before. You are hopeful that people will when you are stuck give you helpful advice and not state the PAINFULLY obvious.

If you have got a nasty gash with blood gushing out, you do not need someone to tell you that " you need stitches in that!"

I have asked a number of questions on the WA Live Chat and have always been pleased with the high quality, useful answers that I have received. I felt like I was reaching out to helpful, knowledgeable fellow members. An internet marketing related concern came up today and I thought to myself " Mark, the Live Chat will give you the answer". So I posted my question which related to the rules of another forum that I had just joined.

The "helpful" reply that I got from a member of WA was "Read the rules". It felt a bit like going to the garage and telling the mechanic that my car had a fault and him telling me to read the car manual to find out how to fix it. I decided to take the "helpful" advice and read the rules. They were very vague on what is or is not permitted.

Content could be removed, edited or redacted at the discretion of the site managers. It would appear that you learn what the unwritten rules are as you go along.... I had hoped that the " helpful" member would have recognized this and answered my specific question. If I had been a new member of WA I might well have considered seriously whether I wanted to stay part of this community.

If you can help someone then please do as they will really appreciate it :)

Please don't suggest to them that they should read the rules!!!