This is a stupid question I’ll try & make it my last
But if I have random questions should I save up and ask at one time or as they come start a new thread every time?
Thank you for getting back to me about TV Cable so quick I’ve been waiting for sunrise to pull tranny just to find cable LMAO
I can't speak for upper management, but I'm fairly sure they would agree that;
When asking for help with an additional problem - and certainly if it involves an unrelated system - you should generate a fresh thread.
Also when starting a new thread, it will benefit you if the title you create is succinct yet descriptive. A good title will produce a greater number of responses to your question. This mainly because a wider cross-section of the members will be aware that there is a new issue and exactly what that issue is.
Another side benefit of starting a fresh thread - one with an appropriate title - is to aid newer members. When searching for help on a particular topic, they are often overwhelmed. A surprising number of people are not familiar with how to use the in-house search engine. So, when seeking answers, they laboriously scroll through page after page of thread titles - scanning for one they think might apply to them.
On the other hand, if you don't start a new thread and just keep piling one topic after another onto the OP, it eventually becomes one giant, catchall thread. The subject originally under discussion is rendered irrelevant. And any new topics being discussed will be buried deep within that 18 page thread with a meaningless title. The result is that you might miss out on some valid advice - which might have been offered by members who are not in the "clique". I'm sure there are members - and quite frankly, I'm one of them - who, when they see a bloated thread, don't even bother to look at it. That is because, at some point (usually above 20-25 responses) it has usually deteriorated into either a pissing contest or more commonly just plain nonsense.
Finally some advice, if I may, about how to structure your original post:
1. As noted above, write a good title.
2. Take the time to include as much detail as possible of the issue at hand.
3. It is a huge help if you provide some background. For example; when did it first develop, did the situation worsen over time or just happen
overnight.
4. Be sure to include any recent repairs/modifications you have made. And that doesn't mean just changes made to the malfunctioning system -
spill your guts about
everything you did to the truck in the time prior to when the issue arose.
5. Describe what, if anything, you have already checked yourself and the results of those diagnostics.
6. And while this is the last thing on this list, it is hardly the least important; upload some clear representative images that will provide those trying to help you with a good visual. After you take your photos, before uploading, look at them honestly. Then ask yourself whether somebody - who wasn't there when they were taken - would have any clue as to what they were looking at. The images should be taken from a distance that is sufficient for a viewer to see what your eyes can see.
Remember, these are only suggested protocols, not rules. And they are certainly not intended to discourage dialog between members (a lot of the old timers here become good friends - even though they have never actually seen each other). They are simply guidelines that help maintain a smooth flow across the forum - while at the same time introducing the greatest number of topics. And those are just two of the qualities that make this forum work so well and be the best on the internet.
And finally, let me just say again, these are only my thoughts - they are not the ideas or opinions of GMSB management.
