On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Kim-Ee Yeoh
Something I've noticed is the phenomenon of Help Vampires [1] on this list.
Amy Hoy: "As soon as an open source project, language, or what- have-you achieves a certain notoriety—its half-life, if you will— they swarm in, seemingly draining the very life out of the community itself."
Hmm. I admire her sentiments in a way - especially not blaming people for asking bad questions - but I don't like labels or stereotypes and I don't like condescension, so I would not be happy with this method being adopted in general. Especially "You're a help vampire" which I read as "I'm going to bundle you with a bunch of other people who annoy me and make you read a patronising blog post to understand why you've just been compared to a villainous mythological creature". But I guess it's preferable to people losing patience entirely, so do whatever you have to, I suppose.