Hi all,
I'm wondering about the legitimacy of some of the "help me" posts made in particular in the
Java Beginner/Intermediate forums. It seems to me that a lot of these posts are rebadged assignment questions. Those trivial problems that are strangely badged "urgent help plz" or just need "a couple of methods filled in" seem particularly suspicious.
I know there are a lot of people, like me, that are happy to help people with legitimate issues. Equally (as a Software Engineering student who works pretty hard) I'm not keen to give people a free ride through their assignments, even if it means they're gonna struggle when it comes to the exam. Also, it makes more sense often to keep the help more abstract: "use this method of this class to do such-and-such" rather than "here's the code you need".
Has this been previously discussed? Anyone else have an opinion?
Cheers,
--Tim