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Hello Gmatclubteam, bb
I have been in Gmat club for aprox. 1 year now but I started to utilize its full potential from past 3 months when I found out that we can even ask 3 question per day from experts ,can paricipate in ongoing discussion and can get expert advices from all over the world. It's wonderful. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, I started posting queries related to Gmat questions and I was getting responses right away from experts, some of them are legends.
when I saw some of the members were mentioning experts and getting responses, I started to do the same. I mention 2-3-4 experts because not to get doubtful answers form random members and I know that some of the mentioned experts might busy so others (who are free and willing to reply) can reply.
The reason I posted this is that I got a response from an expert today that I am tagging him frequently, I shouldn't ask all kinds of doubts and its not a customer service so that I can tag right away. I asked him because he always says-"thank you for thinking to ask", what does this mean, I thought its ok to tag him.
but I don't know which one is a reasonable doubt and which one is not? I can confidently say that I ask doubts (except in some cases), which has not been discussed before or were not cleared when I read the forum. My average is 5-6 question per "week". Some day I study 6-7 hours a day and ask 3-4 question on a single day and some day I don't even ask.
One of the expert said its completly ok to tag.
Some of the legends are reponding and giving me suggestions on my PMs. Its a great community for someone like me who can't afford private tutoring (because some us are getting monthly salaries equivalent to per hour tutoring charge of a good private tutor in USA (300-400usd) but still are dreaming big) to get some valuable suggestions. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, How much is too much?
tagging experts is not a right way?
Is there a rule book about this? I would like to read it so that I can confidently perform my action under those limits.
Thank you.
I have been in Gmat club for aprox. 1 year now but I started to utilize its full potential from past 3 months when I found out that we can even ask 3 question per day from experts ,can paricipate in ongoing discussion and can get expert advices from all over the world. It's wonderful. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, I started posting queries related to Gmat questions and I was getting responses right away from experts, some of them are legends.
when I saw some of the members were mentioning experts and getting responses, I started to do the same. I mention 2-3-4 experts because not to get doubtful answers form random members and I know that some of the mentioned experts might busy so others (who are free and willing to reply) can reply.
The reason I posted this is that I got a response from an expert today that I am tagging him frequently, I shouldn't ask all kinds of doubts and its not a customer service so that I can tag right away. I asked him because he always says-"thank you for thinking to ask", what does this mean, I thought its ok to tag him.
but I don't know which one is a reasonable doubt and which one is not? I can confidently say that I ask doubts (except in some cases), which has not been discussed before or were not cleared when I read the forum. My average is 5-6 question per "week". Some day I study 6-7 hours a day and ask 3-4 question on a single day and some day I don't even ask.
One of the expert said its completly ok to tag.
Some of the legends are reponding and giving me suggestions on my PMs. Its a great community for someone like me who can't afford private tutoring (because some us are getting monthly salaries equivalent to per hour tutoring charge of a good private tutor in USA (300-400usd) but still are dreaming big) to get some valuable suggestions. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, How much is too much?
tagging experts is not a right way?
Is there a rule book about this? I would like to read it so that I can confidently perform my action under those limits.
Thank you.
19 Jul 2022, 10:45
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Hi. Thank you for asking. It’s a good question.
There’s always a balance between asking too much and too many and not enough. We all know the story about the boy who cried Wolf and you definitely don’t want to do that because your requests will start to be ignored by experts. My suggestion would be to use tagging someone sparingly so you don’t hit the fatigue.
I like what you mentioned about the doubts and questions being outside of what has already been addressed and answered. That shows thoughtfulness and mentioning that in your question is always a good thing. You can say something along the lines of I’ve read through all the replies and explanations but they didn’t seem to touch on this aspect…. And then provide your challenge.
At the same time, you want to be sensitive and perhaps not tag people every day. Maybe you can post your question and hopefully it’s a good one and you’ll get some replies but if not, you can always go back and edit your post and tag some people or make another post a few days later. I would also highly recommend that you give kudos to any expert replies to you. That’s a small but important step, and I see you have been doing that…. Add the same time, I see that out of 135 posts you only have one kudos. That should be an indicator to you that the questions you’re posting are not appreciated or valued and potentially are too basic or irrelevant… it also reflects your level of contribution to the community and Discussions.
Looking at your kudos ratio, I would say you are doing something off and potentially asking too many questions when they don’t need to be asked. You also probably want to be a more contributing member rather than the asking one. You’ve been around for a year, I think it would be reasonable to expect that you would help others to a greater extent? 🤷♂️
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There’s always a balance between asking too much and too many and not enough. We all know the story about the boy who cried Wolf and you definitely don’t want to do that because your requests will start to be ignored by experts. My suggestion would be to use tagging someone sparingly so you don’t hit the fatigue.
I like what you mentioned about the doubts and questions being outside of what has already been addressed and answered. That shows thoughtfulness and mentioning that in your question is always a good thing. You can say something along the lines of I’ve read through all the replies and explanations but they didn’t seem to touch on this aspect…. And then provide your challenge.
At the same time, you want to be sensitive and perhaps not tag people every day. Maybe you can post your question and hopefully it’s a good one and you’ll get some replies but if not, you can always go back and edit your post and tag some people or make another post a few days later. I would also highly recommend that you give kudos to any expert replies to you. That’s a small but important step, and I see you have been doing that…. Add the same time, I see that out of 135 posts you only have one kudos. That should be an indicator to you that the questions you’re posting are not appreciated or valued and potentially are too basic or irrelevant… it also reflects your level of contribution to the community and Discussions.
Looking at your kudos ratio, I would say you are doing something off and potentially asking too many questions when they don’t need to be asked. You also probably want to be a more contributing member rather than the asking one. You’ve been around for a year, I think it would be reasonable to expect that you would help others to a greater extent? 🤷♂️
Posted from my mobile device
20 Jul 2022, 06:41
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Dinesh654
Hello Gmatclubteam, bb
I have been in Gmat club for aprox. 1 year now but I started to utilize its full potention from past 3 months when I found out that we can even ask 3 question per day from experts ,can paricipate in ongoing discussion and can get expert advices from all over the world. It's wonderful. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, I started posting queries related to Gmat questions and I was getting responses right away from experts, some of them are legends.
when I saw some of the members were mentioning experts and getting responses, I started to do the same. I mention 2-3-4 experts because not to get doubtful answers form random members and I know that some of the mentioned experts might busy so others (who are free and willing to reply) can reply.
The reason I posted this is that I got a response from an expert today that I am tagging him frequently, I shouldn't ask all kinds of doubts and its not a customer service so that I can tag right away. I asked him because he always says-"thank you for thinking to ask", what does this mean, I thought its ok to tag him.
but I don't know which one is a reasonable doubt and which one is not? I can confidently say that I ask doubts (except in some cases), which has not been discussed before or were not cleared when I read the forum. My average is 5-6 question per "week". Some day I study 6-7 hours a day and ask 3-4 question on a single day and some day I don't even ask.
One of the expert said its completly ok to tag.
Some of the legends are reponding and giving me suggestions on my PMs. Its a great community for someone like me who can't afford private tutoring (because some us are getting monthly salaries equivalent to per hour tutoring charge of a good private tutor in USA (300-400usd) but still are dreaming big) to get some valuable suggestions. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, How much is too much?
tagging experts is not a right way?
Is there a rule book about this? I would like to read it so that I can confidently perform my action under those limits.
Thank you.
I have been in Gmat club for aprox. 1 year now but I started to utilize its full potention from past 3 months when I found out that we can even ask 3 question per day from experts ,can paricipate in ongoing discussion and can get expert advices from all over the world. It's wonderful. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, I started posting queries related to Gmat questions and I was getting responses right away from experts, some of them are legends.
when I saw some of the members were mentioning experts and getting responses, I started to do the same. I mention 2-3-4 experts because not to get doubtful answers form random members and I know that some of the mentioned experts might busy so others (who are free and willing to reply) can reply.
The reason I posted this is that I got a response from an expert today that I am tagging him frequently, I shouldn't ask all kinds of doubts and its not a customer service so that I can tag right away. I asked him because he always says-"thank you for thinking to ask", what does this mean, I thought its ok to tag him.
but I don't know which one is a reasonable doubt and which one is not? I can confidently say that I ask doubts (except in some cases), which has not been discussed before or were not cleared when I read the forum. My average is 5-6 question per "week". Some day I study 6-7 hours a day and ask 3-4 question on a single day and some day I don't even ask.
One of the expert said its completly ok to tag.
Some of the legends are reponding and giving me suggestions on my PMs. Its a great community for someone like me who can't afford private tutoring (because some us are getting monthly salaries equivalent to per hour tutoring charge of a good private tutor in USA (300-400usd) but still are dreaming big) to get some valuable suggestions. Thank you Gmatclub.
So, How much is too much?
tagging experts is not a right way?
Is there a rule book about this? I would like to read it so that I can confidently perform my action under those limits.
Thank you.
Personally, I don't mind being tagged. Just know that I won't always answer, because I'm not at the computer all day, all the time. But if I get a notification I've been tagged, and it hasn't been too long and especially if no one else has answered, I'm happy to jump on and answer. But unfortunately I'm not a pokemon to be summoned at will, but I've never felt like those tagging me expected me to be so on demand.
Here's my big, gigantic request, though, for anyone, ever, asking a question. Be as detailed as possible in what your confusion is and what you are thinking. "Why is E wrong?" often requires quite a bit of explanation (if I want to do a good, thorough job), because it's so broad. I've done it many times, but what is so much more helpful (and beneficial to you) is, "Why is E wrong? I notice that in the right answer, "create" is a verb, and in E, it becomes a modifier 'creating.' But I think 'creating' is modifying [this], and that doesn't seem to eb a problem."
Or "Why is E right? I see that the conclusion of the argument is [X], and the premise is [Y]. So that makes me wonder about [Z] and doesn't answer E strengthen the possibility of [Z] because of [reasons]?"
The more you write out your reasoning, the more guided we can be in our help. Also, you might discover, by laying out your reasoning, where your mistake is, and then not need to ask the question at all.
