[wp-forums] We need to be friendly.

[Podz]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> but the OP can feel like a real pain at times.
That's support though :)
And if the OP is appearing obtuse, maybe we are to them too. It becomes 
a problem for both sides. If we are getting frustrated with them then 
they will be with us. In which case whoever was leading the answers just 
needs to drop the thread, It's tricky though - no-one wants to 'take 
over' a thread which someone has picked up already.

> My advice would be that more people should be encouraged to append (even
> repetitively/automatically) a personal pattern such as "with kind regards",
> "hope it helps" (not HTH which is mechanised and has many interpretations),
> or "best wishes". Additionally, any short response (such as a link-only
> and/or one-liner) would appear offencive, much like RTFM, which stands for
> Read The Fine Manuals (where F doesn't always/necessarily stand for
> "Fine").

I totally agree - sort of :)
I just blogged this earlier tonight actually - 
http://podz.wordpress.com/2006/04/13/do-not-close-the-door/ - and I do 
think we could do with a little more of that. I'm not so sure about the 
'kind regards' - I've had abusive emails before with their canned sig 
which is in opposition to what they have said :) - but like I said, 
overall I think it's good.

P.