I'm Done With The Biting Replies

I clicked on this having misread your post title. I'm disappointed that I don't get to learn why you're sick of biting reptiles, but in my sorrow I can at least throw my support behind your sentiment.

very important and true:)

I agree; if you can't answer a question without demeaning or humiliating the person who is asking, it's best to just not reply.

Yes, I see a lot of very simplistic questions, and some very repetitive questions ("I think I found an error..." for a coin with obvious PMD, many times a day...). However, these are folks just getting started - they don't know! Have patience, help them out, educate them, and many will learn and grow. Give them a condescending answer, humiliate them, and some will walk away from the hobby before they really had a chance to get started.

On the flip side, I very occasionally see a newcomer argue with the advice they're given; say, when what they thought was a valuable error coin turned out to simply be a damaged coin worth face value. In those cases, there is no point in arguing - they only wanted validation and aren't really interested in learning, and arguing only brings you down to their level and in the end will do nothing to convince them.