Is there a better place to seek knowledge?

Is there a better place to seek knowledge?

I’ll ask this question in response. If you were seeking help with Google, would you go to Yahoo’s forums (assuming such things even existed)?

If all my questions on a hypothetical Google support forum were met with silence or snarky responses, then yes, I probably would investigate some kind of alternative.

i wasnt silent, so I must be the snarky (god dont i love internet catch phrases) one. If you choose to go elsewhere simply because you have posts that havent been replied to, I personally wish you the best of luck.

It would be a swell world indeed if every post here was answered within the time frame the original poster desired. Free support requires some patience.

I got a Mac sales clerk to answer a Windows question for me a few weeks ago. ??

A quick look at some of your posts how that you may have an issue with clearly stating your questions. Please remember that almost all of us here on the forums are volenteers who try to help out as much as we can. Being able to find your specific question quickly allows us to answer it. If I scan through five paragraphs and can’t figure out what you’re asking, chances are I’m going to move on and let someone else take the time to answer it.

Not every question gets answered either. A perfect way to see this is here.

Please remmeber that this is open source software. You have the code in front of it and can change it anyway you want to. If you need total support than I would suggest either purchasing the support plan that Automattic offers, finding someone who does support it for a fee, or start mucking around with teh code. I myself spend about five hours a day every day on the wordpress.com support site or helping folks with issues. and even I can’t answer every question there.

I understand 100% that this is all volunteer-driven, open source, etc. I’m not being demanding – I’m just wondering if there’s another community out there better suited to how deeply I’m getting into customizing my WP. It isn’t that my questions aren’t being answered on my schedule or time frame; I’m not looking for “support” per se. Many open source software projects have core support forums such as these (good for basic questions and common pitfalls), and peripheral communities for hacking and customization. This is why I am asking.

The Hackers list and IRC (if you can handle the S/N ratio) are about the only ones I’m aware of.

Good old IRC ??