Stop the drama

[Ryan780]

@helene7t7

Person B just wants to give their OPINION

Why is that bad? I thought this forum was for everyone. Only certain people are allow to give their opinions or provide alternate solutions? Here's a post from @april.brandt where someone was asking about Lutron RadioRA wall keypads. She posted about a device which you attach to your computer.

Wall Scene Keypads

My boss came up with something cool on his desk the other day. I was thinking it would be awesome at home for automation. Your question brings it to mind for me because I LOVE that thing. Wouldn't it be cool if ... So here's the link. I'm sure where there's a will there's a way. There's a smaller version of this too that's a bit cheaper. Kind've an "outside the box" response for you.

That was completely off topic. Did it answer the OPs question? Absolutely not. Was it wrong of her to post that? Absolutely not. She has every right to post something that she thinks could help someone or that she wants to bring up. Just because it doesn't answer the OPs question, doesn't make it wrong or "noise", as you call it. It's a forum...stop judging people so much.
(P.S. April, I saw those things a while ago too and had the same thought...so cool!! I just don't have the patience to try figure out how to get them to work. )

@helene7t7

Maybe Person B thinks it is a BAD idea to go to the hardware store.

No, sometimes Person B KNOWS it's not a good idea to go to the hardware store. That is my whole point. Person A has not considered something that Person B has. It is not always an opinion. But even if it is, you can choose to take that advice or not. Why shouldn't person B post it? Maybe you don't agree but the next person that comes along might.

@helene7t7

Person B's opinion just amounts to noise in the thread about directions.

And that is your opinion. You seem to think that the whole point of this forum is to help you. This forum is also a resource for others reading these posts later.

@helene7t7

But I am curious about the quotes around can't . Many times I see things can be done but not ideal. For example repeating light bulbs causing problems.

This is my whole point. Person B might have some information that Person A does not. And rather than spend 2 hours typing out a dissertation with footnotes and annotations, they just say so.

What has become completely clear to me is that I might have totally misunderstood the purpose of this forum. Is it intended to be an echo chamber where everyone is told their ideas are great and get reinforcement for one's fragile ego? Or is it a place for people to discuss things related to Hubitat and home automation? To even, I know this word scares people nowadays, DISAGREE about things?

Disagreements are not in and of themselves bad things. Can you imagine how boring life would be if we all agreed with each other? Yuck!