Question

I think that people should post off topic under certain conditions. Why? I recently discussed this with a mod. I'm happy we weren't yelling at each other, we were explaining our reasons for doing what we did.
I posted a reading question on math. Nobody is really in reading, maybe once in a blue moon you'd get help right away. And tagging randoms really don't help unless you know them.
Linking stuff with the chat? That's even more useless. Who is going to worry about your question when they're talking with their friends, having a good time? I don't have time to wait for hours going to

Answer 1

I don't have time waiting HOURS just to get an answer on the proper subject. I am sure you don't too? I've actually visited other subjects. Not many people. Some of the questions aren't even answered.

This would be very helpful to OS and to the students. I'm sure OS would get allot of positive feedback at how their questions can finally be answered, or explained to them.

When I posted a question on Math, I instantly got someone to help me within 1-2 minutes. Sometimes instantly. If you don't think this should imply ALL subjects, then try just math for off topic questions, I honestly think this should imply for ALL. But that's just, my opinion. But I do know if you allow this. Waiting is no longer over. Time to study.

There was also someone else who agreed with me that linking doesn't work, and it's tire, it doesn't. Mostly, people will ignore it. And why would you tag randoms you don't know? It's kinda a waste of time.Mostly the people would not come, and just ignore the tag.

Answer 2

My bad. I meant true, not tire! I don't even know how that got in there

Answer 3

Wait, you want people to post off topic things under certain conditions?

Answer 4

Correct, I forgot about my conditions mb.

Answer 5

Yea, i was reading it and stopped wondering whats it about.

Answer 6

The conditions that every should use, before posting off topic are.

- Make sure you try to tag your fans/ the people you fanned as well.

- If there is someone in the proper topic helping people, try and post your question there, maybe they might help you.

-Try tagging mods

Answer 7

Trying to think of like 1-2 more conditions that seem fair.

Answer 8

to be honest, even if this implied for all topics. math is till 1#. So i bet allot of people would post there anyway.

Answer 9

perhaps making a feature for users to see a feed of the subjects thy want to see. Kind of like an "All" option but the user gets to choose?
So people who like science can see Bio, Chem, Earth Science all at the same time. People who like math can see Math and Physics at the same time. or their own combinations like Math, English, Bio or Chem, History, Physics...

Do you think such a feature would fix your problem :) This way helpers can choose to see non popular subjects while still looking at math xD

Answer 10

That feature could fix only little of the big problem. Nobody would have that pace or speed to get to all of those questions? Not only that. Some people would only focus on one question anyway. It might speed up questions only by a little chance.

There are already so many questions not answered in those subjects like Physics, chem etc. I think it might be a good feature. But it couldn't solve the big problem

Answer 11

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2)
You can tag people use the "@" symbol like this @ TheSmartOne
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4) You can pm users to see if they will help you :)
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OR
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Answer 12

Um....I am sure nobody is going to buy owlbucks? And tagging randoms does not help. And most of the time certain people are already busy, answering another question and would usually ignore them.

And don't you think I tried posting screen shots? Like I stated above. They will ignore it while they have a good time talking to friends.

Answer 13

Posting off topic questions is a last resort for me. I've given up on chats.
And pming? Um. Like i said. ignored.

Answer 14

@AnimeWover you can also pm me the question I do try helping you with what i can i can understand our frustrations :-) It is sad that people don't get help however what harm does it do to try what i suggested? I am not telling you to buy owlbucks. I am saying just give what i said a try if it doesn't work that patience is the key.
we're sorry for the inconvenience but us helpers only give help as volunteers, we don't get anything in exchange. That is why there are not a lot of us around... Please be patient and be as clear as you can with your questions :)

Answer 15

I said only under certain conditions. And I understand you are just trying to help. but it doesn't. And I am talking about posting in proper or other subjects like chem. The times you usually helped me are in Math :P/

Patience is key, and I used to have allot of it. But waiting hours or days just to see if your question is answered is just...complicated.

Answer 16

I see well i'm sorry that you aren't getting enough help it is frustrating im on most of the time tbh i don't mind where you post your questions :P this is a study site and just because you post something in the wrong section doesn't make a difference

Answer 17

Yes it does? 0-0. it takes hours to get an answer in chem, science etc. But on active subjects like Math, you get it fairly quickly.

Answer 18

LOL xD Ik :- )

Answer 19

XD

Answer 20

How did you change your image? (avatar image)

Answer 21

Settings and then
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Answer 22

Thank chu!

Answer 23

o ahi @hartnn

Answer 24

hai*

Answer 25

hello :)
One thing that can happen is,
people will start posting their non-math questions in math very frequently saying the "conditions" are satisfied,
and then many of the questions in maths section won't belong to math.

Its like if you give your finger to someone, that person will take your entire hand!

Answer 26

Ill take the thumb ;)

Answer 27

thats why i give fingers to other ppl,
my thumb is only reserved for you! ;)

Answer 28

Lolololol xD

Answer 29

True,, but there are certain ways to verify that, no?

But there is still this problem with waiting hours or gettting no help at all. maybe a person could post ehir off topic question only a certain amount of times per day?

Answer 30

Tag people you know that will help :P like mawh

Answer 31

But still :P. And what about the new members, and other people? They may not even know you exist. And. POOJIE x Hart plssssssss

Answer 32

Yeah it's hard to help everyone but when you see someone in need of help and you can't help try guiding them to the right section it's a community effort one person can't do it all ;)

Answer 33

Not to mention. Sometimes you may be offline and nobody is there to help them on the proper subject? It's quite complicated. A solution could be post off topic questions like a certain amount of days.

Answer 34

XD. the whole community are math people :P

Answer 35

not necessarily we have people who are good at multiple subjects.

Answer 36

true, but most are on Math.

Answer 37

Math, English, Chem, Physics

Answer 38

The best way to solve this problem is to encourage experts from others areas to join OS.
This will be very slow process, but fool-proof.

We can encourage (atleast discuss with) our real life friends who are good in a particular subject to join OS and help whenever they can.

Answer 39

I mean like. Certain subjects are like Bing. nobody uses it.

Answer 40

.-.

Answer 41

But that is a hit or miss solution. Actually it still wouldn't solve the whole problem. that could take years too.

Answer 42

Ok so maybe implementing the "all subjects" thing would be beneficial

Answer 43

How about certain amount of times you can post off topic?

Answer 44

Nah that'll just lead to spamming. I think the all subjects thing is a good idea

Answer 45

Also the number of people posting math questions are much more than any other topic.
I can help people in like 4-5 subject, but linger only around math because there are so many variety of math questions getting asked in very few minutes.
That makes math my first preference.

Answer 46

"certain amount of times you can post off topic"
who is going to monitor this? Moderators? :P

Answer 47

hartnn will ;)

Answer 48

Well it's the mods job, right? :P

Answer 49

Not to mention you have me. I really want this to be enforced or supported in some way. I can help. I'm usually on 100% of the time.

Answer 50

-polishes report feature-

Answer 51

so one more task added to mods job list, excellent! :P

Answer 52

yes excellent! XD

Answer 53

But there has to be a solution to this. This is not only for me but the others who need help with certain subjects, but don't get them. it;s like the only flaw of OS.

Answer 54

I beg to disagree with that.
OS is a website, it has those sections, it job is done.

Its the community which needs to have more experts from other areas.

Answer 55

how about you can check (the mods can only do it_) How many times users have to post off topic questions?

Answer 56

Kinda true. But your solution would take years to actually work. Because I am sure like 1% of people would do that. And of course there are people who will say they did "ask" but they said no.

Answer 57

I am trying not to make a mod's job harder, but I don't know what else to do.

Answer 58

The all subjects think is a nice feature. but some people would actually just study math, and only math.

Answer 59

hai @AravindG

Answer 60

the silence owo

Answer 61

Sorry I got a phone call.

Answer 62

inb4 u disagree qnq

Answer 63

I like the idea Jigglipuff suggested about this. A section containing questions from different groups could be a solution provided

a)The number of questions here will have a limit b)
b) It gets monitored thoroughly

The b part is where the problem lies. The mod tools have not been updated for the past years and a new feature like this would be a hard time for us.

Answer 64

Jigglepuffs' solution won't solve it though.

Answer 65

I like A a program for somehing like that.

b is quie complicated. but u have me

Answer 66

Good. Let's hope for the best! Thanks for bringing up the discussion.

Answer 67

(I meant a number of times a person can post off topic questions) XD

Answer 68

Well Keep this up, please? I am sure some other mods want to comment about this as well.

Answer 69

Maybe some other people might offer a better solution

Answer 70

Sure.

Answer 71

More people would help if less people would would sit all say in this section and in chats.

Answer 72

@flowerfluffy

Answer 73

why you tagged this user

Answer 74

lol

Answer 75

hai @KendrickLamar2014

Answer 76

Hello, I think that letting people post unrelated questions in the Math section wont help. The math questions would soon disappear and would be hard for people to find Math questions. There would be a HUGE mixture of Biography/History/Spanish/English/Math question in the Math section, that it would be too confusing. I know that its hard to get people to answer in a "not very busy" section, but its not going to make the problem better. You told us that you have asked questions in the Math section and you have had quick answers. That's great! Now when you have a question next time, post it in the related section and tag that same person/the same people to help you.

Do you understand?

Answer 77

Um, you sound like a person bossing me around. i am not going to tag people who will not go there.. I don't want to start fight but you seriously seem to get on my nerves.

And i said only a certain AMOUNT of times. I will not follow your orders at all.

Also, I am talking about everyone. And tag that same person? LOL. Most of them would usually help others OR go offline.

So no, i don't understand you, or your point of that message. As I already stated this.

Answer 78

I think what kendrick meant was that once you get help by posting your non-math question in math. you can go back to the correct section and tag the person/people that had just been able to help you. because now you have identified people who can help in your topic :)

Answer 79

I am also not sure why you think my idea won't solve your problem :P

of course the new moderator tool needed to be added along with this feature should be the ability to move questions to the proper section.

but as hartnn stated, he can help in about 5 sections but stays in math because of the frequency of the questions being asked. many helpers are like this, and so simply allowing them to be able to view the questions of more than one section in one place should bring the other sections back to life.
it is like your idea to let people in the math section see your non-math question, but you wouldn't have to post in the incorrect section.

Answer 80

as for the limiting number of questions viewable at a time problem that aravind suggested, this would not be a problem as just like how there are (Mathematics), (OpenStudy Feedback), (English), etc. blue tags on questions if you see in your questions answered list. the feature could load the questions based on the tag just like your questions answered list would... does that make sense? :-/

Answer 81

I think I have an undestanding but not at the same time?

Answer 82

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Um, you sound like a person bossing me around. i am not going to tag people who will not go there.. I don't want to start fight but you seriously seem to get on my nerves.

And i said only a certain AMOUNT of times. I will not follow your orders at all.

Also, I am talking about everyone. And tag that same person? LOL. Most of them would usually help others OR go offline.

So no, i don't understand you, or your point of that message. As I already stated this.
\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
I never was bossing you around. Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. That is my opinion, I am not bossing you around or telling you to do that. I am not stating any NEW RULES or whatever, its my opinion. There are a large amount of people that are good in every subject, you just need to ask them. @jigglypuff314 explained my statement more simpler.

Answer 83

I understand that, but It usually doesn't work.

Answer 84

\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @jigglypuff314
perhaps making a feature for users to see a feed of the subjects thy want to see. Kind of like an "All" option but the user gets to choose?
So people who like science can see Bio, Chem, Earth Science all at the same time. People who like math can see Math and Physics at the same time. or their own combinations like Math, English, Bio or Chem, History, Physics...

Do you think such a feature would fix your problem :) This way helpers can choose to see non popular subjects while still looking at math xD
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)

Jay has incorporated that idea in his extension. It's called the Central Group. :P

Answer 85

Also, I mainly help in Math.

Now if all the people who have math questions decide to go to Biology and ask math questions, then should I have to search all the subjects to find out where all the math questions are?

And then if I do find where they are, I will be helping people with math questions in the biology subject. So then I'll be getting medals in the biology subject. And then people will believe I'm amazing at Biology (which I kinda am).

This defeats the whole purpose of subjects.

It's better to have no subjects than to have this chaos.

Think about a library. If an author wants more people to read his autobiography, do you think it is appropriate to place his book with fiction books? Absolutely not.

Things should stay where they are belonged.