That is a very narrow-minded attitude given the amount of effort and time that many people give up entirely voluntarily to support envato and other users in these forums.
For the sake of clarity, this is not a business forum and people can discuss whatever they want. However, it is a general forum which means that:
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item-specific queries should always be addressed with the author to prevent incorrect info or confusion
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some requests may be out of scope and it may not be the right place to find solutions to some queries, in which case offering alternative paid or free solutions is only logical
Take your own thread for example - we offered answers for free. Yes we suggested that you hire someone to help but as you pointed out - you don’t understand PHP so, with respect:
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you may not fully understand the complexity or implications of what you want to do
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what would be the point in someone telling you what needs to be done if you don’t understand how to execute it?
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more often than not this will not work and potentially cause bigger problems - then what? Does the person who tried to help have to step up and fix those too?
What can be achieved in a public forum, out of scope and for free relies on managing expectation, mutual respect and simple common sense.