I'm not new but I thought this might be a good place to post my comment.
Whilst obviously there will be people joining the forum to seek help and advice I do wonder why some, after receiving well intentioned and informative help and suggestions, simply never bother to acknowledge or respond with thanks.
The recent post "Powrtouch Auto Engage Mover - Help" is a case in question.
I'm certainly not "precious" about this sort of thing but it does seem churlish that, what most of us consider common decency, is sometimes ignored.
Can I play devils advocat!
I do not in any way disagree with your post and fully support your views and your rights to voice them. Nor will i focus on the specific question and poster.
I find a lot of people like to ask a question and if the answer is not to their liking go else where and repeat the same question untill they do get the answer they want to hear. Mention hard work, dedication, training, effort, time or money or both, learning new skills or getting hands dirty will also kill a conversation.
BUT,
Forums can be extremely difficult places to be in, if your a novice. Every one here has a better skill set or knowledge to you. What to you is the first time ever event to us is probable not even worth mentioning. Everyone here when we empty the toilet cassette looks away, twists our head, moves our head to the off side and a million other ways to prevent splash back. I personally favour the agitation technique, a deft side to side slosh to loosen every thing up. Fold the tube out and unscrew the lid, finger on the air release valve and a quick flick to a downwards point and away every thing flows. As a novice the first thing you do is look to see what's happening and get a face of splash back!!!!!!!!!!! (WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE)
BUT as a novice you don't know and therefore want to ask those questions, should i slosh or should i not, should i swirl and not slosh.
One of the biggest failings i ever see is experts answering novice questions, but what's actually happening is " an expert is answering questions an expert thinks are novice suitable"
Believe me there's a massive difference. i find it almost impossible for an expert to think that low again, unless the novice is allowed to make those questions we forget what it is like to be a novice. I am on another caravan based forum, it is by far and away rude, snobbish, filled with thousands of trolls and utter beginner unfriendly, its the reason why i am here as there's a better vibe to questions, its hard to find a more aggressive and abusive admin and team that targets "silly beginner questions"
Now to a dinosaur like me its harmless, they are harmless ( spineless too) so i ignore and move on.
Maybe our one time poster came asked, researched found answers they did not like and left, maybe the truth was to much for them, may be they were just twerps and idiots. Maybe they saw or read some thing that made them leave.
it could just be that they were idiots and we are better off without them?