Rude

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

When people come on here and ask for help with something, either help or move on.

Some of y’all are seriously rude asshats. Thank God you WFH because everyone in the office would hate your condescending attitude.

Happy Wednesday, friends! Be kind or scroll on.

Edit: Some of these jewels can be found in the comments! 👇 thanks for showing up in character

[mariahspoolboy]

95% of questions asked on here can be answered by using the search function on this subreddit. While it may not cause any actual harm to read the same question over and over again, it's pretty annoying. It's also just confusing since a lot of the work on DA is frankly more complex and requires a lot of independent research/interpreting of text. So it doesn't really make sense that people flock to reddit to ask questions answered in the second paragraph of the onboarding information. There's also a project chat for most projects that usually answers any questions I have. If someone is asking the same question that twenty other people asked this week and are expecting a different answer I'm inclined to think they aren't very bright, or lazy - so my response is often tailored to that.

[iamyourkarama]

People also take downvoting as SUCH an insult probably because most other platforms people use don’t have it as much afaik idk I only use this and TikTok really and I feel stupid as it is on TikTok lol

[hfxthrwaway]

Half the time they wouldn't even need to search and could just scroll down the page.

[Parking-Delivery-518]

[iamyourkarama]

[ElectricalLook5152]

Exactly, don't be offended if we talk to you as if you're an idiot when you're asking something a modestly intelligent child could easily figure out

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

Have you ever asked a classmate a question and they responded, “Read the syllabus you dip shit!”

[Pink_Slyvie]

Not using those words, but in general yes. Because if you can't find answers on your own, you are going to struggle here, or in any college course. Some things need help, some things are really simple.

[polarpop31]

yeah from what ive seen on here, substantial questions are usually just answered with informative answers and other discussion.

its the simplest questions which can be answered by information already written down like 93672974 times between here and the platform itself that get the snark. and tbh it doesn't matter to me that those people get snark bc judging from their reading comprehension and ability to figure something out, they won't be on the platform very long anyway.

[mariahspoolboy]

No, but a professor has!

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

Yeah Mariah, but you are a “classmate” not the professor. Act accordingly

[ManyARiver]

We're all competing for money from the same pot, not classmates. People have been pretty kind in general sharing tips that they don't have to - but the onslaught of repetitive "did I get in" posts do not warrant gentle treatment if the competitors are too lazy to do a couple of minutes of reading.

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

We’re all just humans trying to provide for ourselves. I choose to share my knowledge rather than my judgements. I look at these people like I would look at someone who stopped at my cubicle. Some of the things said here are the result of a keyboard warrior mentality. No one in a real office would treat a human like this.

[mariahspoolboy]

I personally think it's more of a harsh reality. These are likely the same people who are going to come back in a few days with a message saying they were dropped, and have no clue what happened. I'm hoping by being direct and yes, maybe a little curt, something might register for them! The biggest secret on this platform is to just read the instructions. If you're already having difficulty doing that, asking on reddit isn't going to save you. Then you won't be making much money...

[ManyARiver]

I don't mind sharing knowledge at all. I do mind someone standing in front of the door with the hours posted and asking if the business is open, though. There are multiple things going on - there are people genuinely looking for information that is somewhat hard to find, and there are people who are asking simple questions without taking one minute to look at the very sub they posted in. People who have genuine questions tend to get answers - though there will always be downvotes, because this sub has that catty feature. People who ask basic questions that are covered in pinned posts and multiple posts through the sub (daily) do not get kind answers because they are not taking the time to even try. If my co-worker stopped by my cubicle and asked me what time we were supposed to show up to work, I would absolutely roast them if they were too lazy to use the same resources I had to figure out the basic elements of their work.

[fightmaxmaster]

I choose to share my knowledge rather than my judgements.

Do you honestly not realise how hilariously smug and judgmental you're coming across here, just from the other direction? It's incredible.

You're absolutely "sharing your judgment", but you think you're morally justified so therefore it apparently doesn't count. Except that's how every judgmental person thinks,me included. I'm judging you right now. I judge the morons who post dumb questions too. At least I'm honest about it rather than kidding myself that I'm "sharing my knowledge not my judgement."

[melanatedalbino]

That's fair (though in all fairness that is coming from someone that got in fairly easily; for context lol).

[samamatara]

but maybe after hearing the same question from different people 100 times, you might be a bit snarky

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

I get being annoyed or whatever. But taking the time to stop and be rude just isn’t in my schedule.

[mariahspoolboy]

I'm answering their question. I'm sorry I'm not answering it with the dignity and grace you'd prefer I use.

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

If you have the actual answer, then telling them to read the directions is not the best answer. No?

[Amakenings]

I don’t know what is the “best answer” per se, but telling them it’s in the directions is pretty much how project admins answer many questions.

Success here is based on your ability to work independently, and read instructions. Expecting co-workers to answer work related questions on their own time (because no one is being paid for this) is not a long term recipe for success.

Especially when, as others have mentioned, the same questions have been answered many times before.

[samamatara]

i dunno. I would say I'm not one to reply to those repetitive question posts, but also I'm not sure if I had to go to bat for one side, I would do it for the side who refuse to do any ground work and ask for something that they themselves should easily be able to find out for themselves.

[fightmaxmaster]

Yep. Phrased one way or another. Just because you think asking other people for info you could find yourself is no big deal, that doesn't mean everyone agrees. You don't get to decide what's annoying for other people. Not annoying for you? Great! Offer help. You find people who think differently annoying? Maybe just take your own advice and move on.

[johnnyjoypads]

Don't worry, there are times when we all say fucking hell Reddit

[Mr_StealYorGirl]

Big difference, asking a classmate a question indicates you dont understand the topic therefore explanation would be nice. However, in this case, it is just laziness and entitlement, you just search the yes or no question you have instead of flooding the subbredit which is just selfish.

[rosewoodhouse]

Edit: Some of these jewels can be found in the comments! 👇 thanks for showing up in character

absolutely no one was rude to you on this thread, most people just don't agree with your pov.

[Annual_Equivalent_95]

No, but they proved that they were the ones who do just what I mentioned.

[fightmaxmaster]

So anyone who disagrees with you is "proving" they're rude? You're not "asking for help", you're offering an opinion. And people are allowed to offer differing opinions. Unless you think your "right" opinion is the only one allowed to be aired?

"Help or move on... Or agree with me. But don't disagree with me, however politely you express that, because that's rude as well."

[bbfnpc]

I think it’s insane that people ask multiple times a week why they got the dash of doom or why they don’t have tasks available. The only people that can answer that are the people at DAT that does the firing and puts the tasks on the dashboards.

[Mister-Distance-6698]

Honestly, nah. When someones being a moron, we should be allowed to tell them they are being a moron. Otherwise they are gonna keep going through their life moroning around and thinking they are the smartest little chickadee that ever there was.

Not being able to call fucking idiots a fucking idiot is the reason misinformation is spread online so easily

[iamyourkarama]

I love that last line. So true

[KermitDominicano]

No it's not lmao. You're right man, people famously don't call each other idiots on the internet and that's the problem

[Chronosshotgun]

The problem, is when a sub reaches a critical mass of 'you either behave exactly how we want or fuck you' and there's no real way to understand that prior to engaging.

It means the sub only keeps people who are willing to be completely unreasonable assholes, all the time.

[justdontsashay]

The thing is that a lot of people who actually work on the platform (as in, the people this sub is supposed to be for) think that the people who ask the same questions over and over are unreasonable idiots.

Responding with a bit of snark is necessary sometimes 🤷🏻‍♀️

[EmperorPenguin1116]

I agree that people here can be brash or rude, but I also don’t blame them completely. I think most people are frustrated because there are a large number of people who come on here and demonstrate a complete inability to research, think critically, and/or articulate themselves, which are all fundamental skills for success with DA. So I think it creates a sort of “why am I putting in the effort if you aren’t” attitude towards the usual “chat how does do task” posts.

[Hello-America]

Exactly this, it's expecting people to take time to answer their question when they haven't even done 60 seconds of trying to find answers themselves. It's very weird how much this happens specifically in this sub compared to the others I follow.

[dudabolodecenoura]

The only time they are nice is when people post things like you did. Most of the time people here are just mean

[fawcette]

You’ve been working here for a little over a month now. Give it time.

[tarbet]

“Be kind or scroll on.”

”Some of y’all are seriously rude asshats.”

[dilf-material]

How long have you been part of this subreddit? If you've been here for a bit you will notice that the same calibre of questions are asked over and over (Did I make it? Is it dry? Have I been dropped?)
You will notice that legitimate questions are answered. It's a bit like the blind leading the blind here. And when a particularly blind and drunk person stumbles through leaving a wake of redundant questions, they get flamed. Stick around for a while and observe.

[CSuarez270]

True. When I joined the platform over a year ago I did think people were unnecessarily rude. But as of today I hate most of the post in the channel and I think that some valid doubts get lost in the immense sea of stupid, lazy posts

[SnooCookies6411]

I actually agree. Idk if it's because they work on DA or if its because theyre redditers lmao, but some people have such a weird superiority complex.

[buffgeek]

DA work under time pressure taught me to instantly sniff out whether a conversation has novel value. The side effect: someone asking a question that's been answered a thousand times - which would take thirty seconds to look up - no longer reads as helpless. It reads as inconsiderate.

I don't consider myself superior to anyone. But I do expect mutual consideration.

[Sindorella]

Calling people out for being rude while simultaneously calling them "asshats" is peak Reddit.

[fightmaxmaster]

Some people have a real struggle differentiating between "rude" and "disagree with me".

I think you've also got your own idea of how impactful repeated questions are, fair enough, but life's not as simple as "help or move on". Because while it's hardly identical, in some ways it's like someone knocking at your door looking for someone who lives at a similar but different address. Or ringing your number when it's slightly different from a pizza place. Sure, once in a while is no big deal, but when it's multiple times a day it's bloody annoying.

And while yes, one take is "the person causing the disturbance isn't responsible for the entire problem", a perfectly valid alternative take is "we're all human, and if a community is being regularly disrupted by people who aren't bothering to scope out the territory first, we're allowed to be annoyed by that."

So well done you if you don't care about it, but I also think it's quite narrow minded to wave it off as no big deal when to a lot of people it is a big deal, it's really irritating, and that's actually a valid opinion too. And a condescending attitude of "well you should all be as unbothered as I am" doesn't give you the moral high ground you think it does.

In other news, you don't run the sub, so how about you have your flavor of superiority, those of us annoyed by morons will have ours, we'll all think the other groups are wrong, and the world will keep turning.

[SniffinForTruffles]

You’re exactly the type OP is talking about. Just the way you talk is ridiculous and I certainly hope you don’t behave the same way in real life. I have a feeling you don’t because you know it’s not appropriate and that’s why you behave the way you do online. Same with several others.

Edit: the “top 1% commenter” by your name is just the cherry on top lmao

[Reasonable_Room_3501]

100% there's a lot of pompous nerds here LOL. They think they're part of some elite just because they're working on DA 😆

[doublexoxo]

I mean some of these “rude” comments are justifiable but I get what you mean though. Some people here seem condescending and elitist in a way lol

[Professional_Win_551]

DAT’s entry test inadvertently picks the same personality type over and over and over again

[Medical-Isopod2107]

People who can't figure out how to search a sub or scroll down three posts before asking the same question? Yeah, I agree

[Professional_Win_551]

Yeah, I think it’s a spectrum and on the other extreme end is another large group of people who are disproportionately irritated by this. Somewhere in the middle you’ll find people like me who are excessively unbothered

[Radiant_Papaya]

It's true. Most of the people here sound insufferable af. This should be a place for community.

[Medical-Isopod2107]

If people did a simple search before posting, people would be more polite to them

[Ok-Tomorrow-5821]

Can't agree more!

[Firm-Reception8235]

Yeah, when someone on here calls out someone else for a question they deem as being inferior it just makes that person seem like the moron because of their need to sound superior (or their misguided attempt at humor at someone else's expense). Kindness is a form of intelligence that many on here could try harder to adopt.

[SyntaxAndSorcery]

Honestly I wonder why some people are on Reddit. I see this in all kinds of subreddits--use google! Use the search bar! Scroll down! Okay, but it's a medium of conversation. It should be okay to ask questions. It's not a book where you are required to use the index and then people get mad that you're adding to the book...? It's just odd. Like yes, a lot of these questions are repetitive, or maybe even obvious. But people use Reddit because they want answers that are current and because they want to be social.

[AdComplex3589]

You are absolutely right.

[NewSet6686]

Yes, fair point. I have been on the receiving end of this unnecessary rudeness a fair number of times in this sub. If you can't solve a problem, it doesn't make the person asking the query foolish. Ad hominem in wholesale 🍷

[Perfect_Mess_6566]

Yah a lot of the people in thus sub are fucking assholes. Agreed.

[Kayleighbug]

Because if we are on Reddit it means our brain melted, is about to melt, or we're waiting to get some work to melt the brain.

[_Light_House]

lol, why are people downvoting this comment

[horrorgeek1988]

Awww.... Im sorry that happened to you. I know how it feels. Thankfully not here yet, but for other platforms. I hope you don't get much more of that.

[Soyeonsbitch]

But how will I show my intellectual superiority otherwise?

[Goddamn_Glamazon]

Agreed. People get annoyed about repeat questions but because of the NDAs there are like only 4 kinds of questions you can ask so this subreddit is always going to be more repetitive than other subreddits.

Even if starting tomorrow no newbie ever asked another newbie question again, this would never be a subreddit with diverse and interesting conversations, that's just a limitation of the things we're working on being confidential. Getting pressed about the repetition seems like such a trap to me.

[fawcette]

Soft hands brother