I agree
I’m noticing an increased tendency among forum regulars to be… well, rude, when people ask for stuff they can’t currently have. Yes, they probably have read the FAQ. It doesn’t make them feel less frustrated. And it has never been stated outright by the PTB that we will never be able to have plugins/customise templates/print out from blogs/use adsense etc. etc., so what is wrong with politely asking them to wait and see what happens?
This forum gets more like wp.org every day. Inevitable, perhaps, but also disappointing. If you do want to drive people to blogger, you’re going the right way about it.
Yeah. It’s why I’m not messing with the forum anymore. It’s ironic — a forum is supposed to encourage openness within an online community, but this one is making it feel gated. The WordPress.com forums are filled with bad advice (and the good advice is always ignored or misunderstood), people jumping down the throats of new users and frightening them off, and — most incomprehensibly — people trying to stroke their egos (on a free blog service forum? really?). I don’t have time for that.
For the rest of the forum regulars: keep helping people and try to stay civil. Realize that no amount of anger towards any given person will stop the influx of stupid or repetitive questions, but it will upset and possibly drive away current and future users.
