No.
Asking questions is perfect fine. In fact it’s encouraged.
The reason I poked fun at harry4444 was because he asked two questions both of which had answers that would have been easy to find in the original post; AND (importantly) both of his questions were asked in a way that implied he hadn’t bothered to look for the answer himself.
Harry4444 first asked what the movement in the new ARF gmt was. No problem. Not everyone knows what to look for and be sure they’re made the correct identification even with the annotated images in the guide.
But harry4444’s follow up question was a terse (and grammatically incomplete): “This movement accept gen parts or a Timebomb movement?”
Nothing rubs me worse than answering a noob’s question only to get a reply that doesn’t offer any thanks, and demands (with poor grammar) to be further spoon-fed.
If harry4444 had instead replied with: “thanks for the help IDing that movement, I’m new to this hobby, so can use all the help I can get; I’ve read the relevant section of the guide, but I’m not 100% sure if the sh3235 v2 is reliable and if it will accept X, Y, and Z gen parts”, then my response would have been quite different.
The community at RWI has almost limitless patience and support for new members who are trying (and failing at first) to figure things out. But the community can be borderline hostile to new members who repeatedly ask questions without demonstrating that they’ve tried (and failed) to find the answer on their own.
The golden ticket to this community (as far as I can tell) is to show that you’ve put in a little bit of effort before you ask a question.
Here’s an example:
User SpoonyMcFeedMe asks: “who makes the best sub?”
Vs.
User ReaderMcSearchBar asks: “hey I’ve been researching subs, and I’ve seen that VSF has the best movement, ARF has a great bracelet, and Clean doesn’t have a floating ‘m’ on the dial, and RAF have the 2824 movement which doesn’t have an instant date change but is priced a lot lower. I’m looking for something that won’t break the bank and I got to bed early so I’ll never be awake to see the slow date change… so I’m leading RAF. Of the four options I’ve researched is there anything I’m missing before I pull the trigger on the RAF?”
See the difference? SpooneyMcFeedMe is gonna get roasted, whereas ReaderMcSearchBar is probably gonna get ratioed with upvotes.
