Why are people asking the same questions over and over again? (Or the Regulars' Chatroom) 🤷

[nickrout]

@ShadowFist

“Sherlock” - Awarded when creating a topic with barely any info.

Or “crystal ball”

Something that annoyed me today was a post in perfect English apart from the screenshots which were in another language and therefore incomprehensible. Hard to know how to deal with that one.

[ShadowFist]

@code-in-progress

if it’s relevant

Barely anything is relevant after a year. Just wait till you find the post where they also demand the original title is changed.

[ShadowFist]

I might have spotted that too. I understood enough of his language to grasp what he was doing, so it didn’t bother me as much.

But, yeah, just like automations, we all have our triggers.

[iridris (Steven)]

@ShadowFist

• “Impatient” - Awarded when bumping your own post <24hours since creation.
• “Attention Seeker” - Awarded when bumping your own post <12hours since creation.

These might be difficult, at least to have automatic - I know I have in the past replied to my own post within a few hours, but it was because after posting I kept digging and eventually solved my own issue. I then replied to my own post stating the solution. So does that make me deserving of the “Attention Seeker” badge?

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

@iridris

So does that make me deserving of the “Attention Seeker” badge?

I’ve seen a few of those, and honestly, I think the “Self Reliant” badge should be created for those instances. You’re technically not “bumping” your own thread so much as solving your own issue.

@ShadowFist For your list!
“Self Reliant” - Awarded for getting yourself out of trouble all on your own

[ShadowFist]

No. The above are negative badges and just me being my usual sarcastic self.
Solving your own issue AND bothering to post a solution should earn you an actual badge.

Maybe we should add a badge for abandoning your post after people try to help you. That one would be popular!

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

@ShadowFist

No. The above are negative badges and just me being my usual sarcastic self.

Damn… fair point… and wait, you’re sarcastic? I tend to tone my sarcasm WAY down on the forums (or risk some permaban lol).

@ShadowFist

Maybe we should add a badge for abandoning your post after people try to help you. That one would be popular!

“I Don’t Need You” - awarded for abandoning your post after getting help
“Long Time, No See” - awarded for not responding to help for more than 7 days with a “that didn’t work” remark

[nickrout]

Yeah “I posted, I got replies but I never acknowledged the help, I then went on Reddit and told the world how useless home assistant and it’s forums are”

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

@nickrout

I then went on Reddit and told the world how useless home assistant and it’s forums are”

Can I like this multiple times please???

[MaxK (Mark)]

“Doubting Thomas” (aka “Indignant Disbelief”) - awarded for questioning why something has not been done before when it actually has.

[Stiltjack]

“Ghost clicker”.

When you respond helpfully to a post, with links to the docs, GitHub and other posts from people who have solved a similar problem.

Then you come back a week later and find that not one of the links has been clicked on.

[Didgeridrew]

@ShadowFist

Can we have a “Necropost” award?

A few days ago someone necroed multiple 2+ year old posts basically just to say “This old way of doing something still works even though it was removed from the doc in 2021, please don’t remove it”. I don’t know why it annoyed me so much…

There was a post today where the OP has been a forum member since 2018 but had less than 8 hours of read time… I don’t know what that would be called, but I feel like it deserves a sarcastic badge.

[code-in-progress (Bill - I write code.)]

@Didgeridrew

I don’t know what that would be called, but I feel like it deserves a sarcastic badge.

“Placeholder” - Who actually needs to read the forums?

[tom_l]

I was sure I’d posted this on the forum before but cant find it searching my posts:

[DvdNwk]

@Didgeridrew

A few days ago someone necroed multiple 2+ year old posts basically just to say “This old way of doing something still works even though it was removed from the doc in 2021, please don’t remove it”.

It could have been me (light as switch in yaml?)

yep, still an issue.

[armedad]

what is the name of the award for when an op gets the answer from someone but then post a summary or their final yaml using the answer and marks their own post as the solution?

[armedad]

@Didgeridrew

a forum member since 2018 but had less than 8 hours of read time

that one might be called “armedad”… I created my account long ago. read it one day and forgot about it until about 4 months ago… oops…

[exx]

OMG don’t even get me started on people using chatgpt to “write code”.

Customer: can you help me with this terraform code? I can’t seem to get it to do what it’s supposed to do.
Me, looking at code: this doesn’t really make a great deal of sense. Did you write this?
Customer: no, I got it from chatgpt
Me: the hourly rate for this engagement has just doubled.
Customer: …

[Sir_Goodenough ((SG) WhatAreWeFixing.Today)]

Someone told me that a few days ago, I told them to throw it away because even if I helped them fix it, the next time it broke they would have had no clue.
They decided that actually converting the automation by hand would give them the knowledge needed to fix it. I offered any help needed if they came back with something written by them.

[FriedCheese (Ryan)]

In other forums I’ve seen the Regular badge get you the ability to mark a response as the solution to a question. I’ve seen stuff like this numerous times or where there’s a post with the solution, and the OP agrees it fixes their problem, but no post is marked as a solution for the next person.