Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Saying "You guys are NOT helpful" is not helpful and quite rude. I think everyone was being helpful but we went off the information given and didn't make wild assumption,s which in the end turned out to be true, but could not easily be gleaned from the first post for the reasons mentioned in my previous post.
I have re-read thatf first post a few times now and I still think of the Sora Brake Lever not the STI Lever. It is not unhelpful to help someone using that information. Yes it turned out to be the wrong lever but there was zero indication of that from the get go but the help given was pretty useful for that info.
Helping people is great go for it, there are frequent times when it is great info but don't feel the need to be high and mighty going well you all helped them wrong and you should have helped like this. That is where the issues arise just provide your help and if someone is really doing harm then address it but people giving useful info is not unhelpful.
Again, helping people is not weighing down a thread by blaming them for not asking the question correctly. It isn't a big deal that anyone got it wrong, but number of posts dedicated to telling the OP, who has less than 10 posts, how he screwed up is such a ridiculous turn off it would be shocking if the OP sticks around.
So I don't know why you want to defend turning requests for help into criticism, but it is stupid. Even when it was 100% clear what was being discussed, no one gave much help. This is the same basic STI lever Shimano has made for 30 years.