Not being a reporter, I can’t imagine how many times you must experience this type of thing or the extent to which of frustration which must build up inside you when you receive these types of thoughtless responses.

Personally, one of my pet peeves in general life is when you take the time to produce a written query or discussion (which has been prepared with a considerable degree of care) and some respondents do not take the time to actually read and understand it properly prior to their efforts to ‘assist’ you with their (out of context or irrelevant) response.

I would imagine that if I were in your shoes, my response to these type of replies would be exactly the same as yours – an immediate push of the delete button.

Based on your description, I could certainly understand the reasons behind your frustration, and it sounds as though some of the respondents were more interested in selling their solution than what they were in understanding your problem or what you were trying to achieve.

Whenever you post a query on a forum like that, what you want is for respondents to take the time to properly read and understand the exact nature of your problem and to limit their responses only to what is relevant in terms of addressing your queries or needs.

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