As Tim5055 said, this is my personal opinion -
Most of the folks that find TFP and put up a post have a legitimate question or are confused BUT are
willing to listen and learn. Those are the posts that are fun to be in and give most of the mods, admins, guides, experts, etc, joy.
Then there are those people who come to this forum with a question or thought but are unwilling to learn. They receive the expert advice of the people that dedicate countless hours to this forum (with no compensation whatsoever other than personal satisfaction), advice that has been honed and refined form years (almost a decade now) of experience and millions of posts, and they
reject the advice given simply because it doesn't conform to their preconceived notion. Then, when they aren't told what they want to hear (mostly in order to prove that their previous poor judgement was justified), they become mad or impatient or needlessly pedantic while focusing on the finest bit of minutiae as evidence that the forum is entirely wrong. Those threads are the ones that end with -
You've been given great advice from multiple experts on this forum and yet you continue to not listen and argue. This thread is closed until such time comes when you are willing to listen and learn.
And, the above admonition is completely justified. Why? Because, once again, the guides, admins, experts & mods have hundreds of posts that need to be answered every single day and we do not have time to deal with adults that prefer to act like kindergarten children. At some point, you have to stop the incessant arguing. As I said to someone once, if you're a vegan you really shouldn't be trying to push your opinions on a forum dedicated to smoked meats and BBQ!
Finally, there are outright trolls, hackers who like to cause mischief and people "in the industry" with an agenda or product to push that hide behind legitimately created user accounts. They are a small fraction of the thousands of new users TFP signs up every season and, very often, they are spotted and banned before any of the regular members ever see their posts.
I'm truly sorry if we can't coddle everyone that comes here. I try to be as patient as I can but I fail more times than I prefer to admit. But I, like others that put in countless hours here, get a certain amount of satisfaction helping those in need. So here's what I would suggest to those that post - try to dial back the outrageously outrageous outrage you feel when you read a response. Don't always assume something was written with malice or contempt. Give the people posting replies to your queries the benefit of the doubt and assume they mean you no harm. Some people write well and express lots of encouragement when they write; others of us suck at expressive writing....not everyone is Walt Whitman. If you are truly confused by someone's intentions or attitude, private message (PM) them. Like talking to someone face-to-face rather than over the phone, it can clear up a world of confusion.