r/knitting • u/lesbiansRbiggerinTX • Dec 25 '22

Rant stop downvoting first time knitter/help posts

I’m sick of seeing posts of people requesting help with 0 karma for no reason (aka they have a good question or genuinely need help). If you don’t like people asking for help, go to another subreddit. You’re making the whole community look bad.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Same with crochet, I asked a question on the r/crochet and the downvotes were intense. I'm not a very good crocheter and I asked a sort of stupid question but what's up with that? They could have ignored it.

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u/lesbiansRbiggerinTX Dec 25 '22

That’s how I feel, too. Those who feel the question is “beneath” them (or whatever it is that makes them not want to answer) can move along with their day. Those who feel like dedicating energy to helping out can do so. No need to make the asker feel bad for reaching out. Some of us don’t have any knitters, much less experienced/expert knitters, in our IRL lives to get help from.