Forum Users - How would you go about this?

[cookderosa]

Most forum members here are very helpful to those in need. I have a quick question how would you go about this? Do you let it slide and you try to assist that person?

I am not the "internet police" and I know the board members here aren't either, we just don't want to waste limited resources we have to regurgitate the same type of response again and again.

Scenario: A new user of this board may have created multiple accounts asking for assistance. Let's say 3 or 4 just to ask the same questions over and over to "fish" for information. You have just noticed this and know it may not be proper etiquette to do so.

I understand that some people may find that it's an urgent need to get answers, but having those "questions" submitted multiple times under different accounts may not "resolve" or get your the answers you're looking for or agree with.

We are here to help, we don't get paid, and I surely don't want to have my expertise exploited. Especially if this or these individuals are here for non-proctored courses purely for cheating the system. You're just cheating yourself of learning...

I love this board- I've been a member here since day 1 of my journey. Once upon a time, I used to read every post every day! For the past few years I don't, and so if I think a poster is trying to pull something, forget it! Not worth my time- but unless I think it's spammy or scammy, I wouldn't report it to Steve, I'd probably just ignore it and move on.

A long time ago, someone told me that they learned the most when they got to answer posts, and so to encourage learning and contributing, I think it's good etiquette for experienced members to let new members answer simple questions. "How much is the CLEP US History 1 test worth at TESU?" Does Charter Oak accept credit from Studycom? Etc. Same goes for repetitive questions- if the same question is being asked in 4 different threads, that's not my jam. Someone else will answer or call it out. I think the nice thing about being around a while, is that you get to pick and choose your questions and where you think you can add value- that makes it fun and keeps it fresh. Anyway, that's probably why I answered this thread lol. As far as I can tell, it was a question I don't recall ever having been asked before, so it's fun to think about.