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Originally Posted by Shimmer
Having uncountable duplicate threads on the same subject is difficult to manage, redundant, AND tiresome to the people who answer the same questions repeatedly. There are numerous artists, and many highly experienced members, on this site who take the time to hand out a little of their knowledge when it's beneficial, and answering 65465196876516231387 questions with the same core point is...irritating, tbh.
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Even as relatively new member/visitor (since Oct, I think), I find duplicate threads (especially on recent topics) frustrating.
I continue to be amazed at the number of new posts on Specktra in any given day, I can come on and there are 300+ more posts since I signed off two hours earlier! That's a lot of posts/threads to go through, so even I as user (and non-mod) get frustrated when I see a duplicate thread especially when there is another active thread on the same subject.
So, THANK YOU, moderators, for trying to reduce the number of dups.
The specktra search can present a learning curve, for sure. I have had to learn how to manipulate the search because it's not the same search engine programming as Google, for example. But that doesn't make it bad; it's just not what I was used to. It's not even that it's un-user friendly; it's just not what I was used to. When we get used to something (such as a search engine) working in a certain way, we forget that it's not the only way. Now, I find that for specktra purposes, the engine here is actually more helpful than a google-type would be because there are so many ways that we all may choose to type out the same name of a product, for example.
As an aside, I can understand that sometimes a mod's post in a dup may *seem* to be short (and thereby curt or rude) when they redirect an OP to a similar thread, but think about how many times, they've had to post this same particular sentiment. In the beginning of specktra, they may have been more sugar-coated (for lack of a better word), but when you're having to do this same type of moderating multiple times a day, you get to the point of keeping it short and simple: "There is a thread on this already: <insert thread> Please use search." Nothing rude intended about it; there's just nothing superflorous about it (ie nothing to stroke your ego at the same time that they redirect you.)
As someone mentioned, don't take it personally; it's not intended as such. Again, as someone mentioned, it's usually more appropriate to take concerns up with moderators privately.
In the end, this forum is "owned" by Janice, and, as such, her and her agents (moderators) have every right to enforce any forum rules & etiquette that they see fit to keep the forum operating smoothly. There are so many users and posts that anything less would make the forum, in its entirety, a less friendly place. It is the moderation that also keeps the forum from allowing personal attacks that you may see at other forums.
If they were *trying* to be rude to you or anyone else, do you think this thread would have been allowed to stay?
On the other hand, when I look at your posts that are still on here just from the last month:
"Tons of Q's...." This contains multiple questions that are all individually addressed on other separate threads (depot-ables, HIP, Max Factor, etc), and the mods did NOT close it nor did anyone even re-direct you to search for the answers individually. You will find a TON of information that answer your questions by searching for them individually. Also, by reposting the same things that have been covered, many will just skip over your questions and NOT bother answering them again in your new thread.
"Can Someone attempt..." Yesterday, you asked for a '"pink smokey" tutorial. The mod posted back about a tutorial with "smokey pink" in the title, so I am confused as to what you might have searched for. If you know that you are looking for a tutorial, first go to the tutorial forum. then use the "search this forum" option. When I did this and put in "pink smokey", there were only 23 hits, and the "smokey pink tutorial" is the 8th listed.
"Jordana products..." Forum search produces 8 hits; the one you were directed to is #3 (and would be #2 before you posted your new thread on the same subject.)
I am not trying to be a jerk, but please don't be so quick to judge the moderators when it appears to the outsider that there hasn't been searching performed. It is one thing to call out the moderators if the duplicates of your posts were HARD to find with a search, but clearly they're not. Most people when redirected, simply post "Thanks, I missed that" instead of getting defensive.