Forum rush hour

[JBeaucaire]

Swoop, only a small fraction of Excel users out there use it "for fun or hobbies". MOST questions here on the forum should be expected to be from people who are working on "work" projects. OK? Not a mystery, not a secret. No one is doing anything "wrong" by posting their questions here for help on things they're getting paid for.

On the other hand, you get to decide which posts you will particpate in and which you will not. Build up a thick skin and move past the threads you feel are abusive of the forum in some way, do not post in those threads at all. Your suggestion about the new forum rule makes it clear you might have difficulty following rule #6 in those instances, the courtesy rule.

In the entire time I've been here, it's been clear that the 100s of contributors here on the forum giving answers do so with a completely different mindset, and they are given free license to do so.

Some will ONLY offer partial answers designed to force an OP to figure the final answer out on their own, or provide links to appropriate free resources to do so. Others provide turnkey solutions to even complex questions. I've done both, I've learned TONS along the way, so it's all good in the end.

So, help or do not on each post, but keep a good spirit about it all. No one is fooling anyone, we're all here for different reasons and together we make a very powerful community.

Thanks.

[daddylonglegs]

Agreed, particularly this part

...In the entire time I've been here, it's been clear that the 100s of contributors here on the forum giving answers do so with a completely different mindset, and they are given free license to do so....

long may that continue