delroth Wrote:You don't learn by making wrong affirmations on support forums and having people correct you over and over - that's just being obnoxious.
While this certainly isn't the optimal way to learn it happens all the time and certainly does teach them things. Although I will agree that it's extremely annoying for the people that have to do the correcting and can be damaging to others if it goes uncorrected. It does work though.....
This is very similar to the method employed by peer reviewed science. Of course when they correct each other it's done in a very thorough and professional manner. As opposed to typical internet arguments. So it's not like this is unheard of in the professional world. Although it can be just as annoying there as well.
Normally I attack people who make these kinds of mistakes because they act like assholes when somebody corrects them. But this guy has at least been respectful every time so I'm more inclined to just tell him why what he said was wrong and be on my way. As opposed to making vague threats towards him. And then maybe just tell him to do more research next time.
A lot of people consistently post incorrect statements. Not just him. Especially in the early days of this forum. And especially in the support section. Granted his frequency is higher than most. Most mods/admids generally ignore it unless they're rude because it's not against the forum rules and it would be kind of ridiculous to punish someone just for being wrong a lot.
If you look deeper into his post history you will also see that a lot of the things he was corrected on earlier he now corrects other people on. So he is learning. You're right that he should do more research on things before posting though. Or consider not posting at all. Though I think in this case he genuinely thought he knew the correct answer based on what he had previously read about TAS, he wasn't just making it up because he wanted to answer.
@DJBarry004
Delroth is right that you should be doing more research before posting things. At least a quick google search. This would have massively reduced the number of incorrect statements that you've posted in the past. And that's the main reason that delroth is annoyed with you right now. If you're not completely sure about something try and verify it with a source before you post about it. I think if you just did that it would make everyone happier, including you.
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