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Do you appreciate "Signposting" or would you rather a personal response

IntruderAlarmAbatis

How do you feel when someone responds to a question by pointing you to another resource or piece of information instead of giving a direct answer? Do you find it helpful, dismissive, or something else entirely?

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  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    This appeals more to me also, I didn't know if this was a personal preference, or if perhaps there are a type of person who responds very well to links to other websites.

    I could imagine the type of person who enthusiastically sucks up information from all sources, so when they are provided with a link to a web page they will read through it. 

    I don't tend to process the world like this - I would be very interested to hear from somebody who does appreciate help like this.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Me too EP, I'd prefer an answer rather than being signposted elsewhere, being signposted makes me feel as though what I posted about is trivial and insigniicant and waste of time. Quite oten what I post is trivial and insignificant, but I still want to tal about it rather than swap links.