[Poll] Why don't you write filters for proxomitron?

[z12]

Oddysey Wrote:So why waste good Forum space by submitting a filter that might be useful to perhaps one or two others, particularly when no one asked for it?

As an administrator, I can't believe you said that.

The spirit of proxo is all about sharing filters.
How can you possibly know ahead of time how many people might find a filter "useful"?
That should not be the criteria for deciding whether or not to post a filter or even a whole config.

I see filters posted that I don't have a need for "today".
Does that mean I won't see a need for it tomorrow, next month or even next year?

Even if I never use the filter, does that mean it's without merit?
No. At a minimum, every filter I look at causes me to pause and think.
Sometimes I see coding techniques or ideas that help me solve problems that are completely unrelated to the posted filter.

People have their reasons for not posting filters, that's what this thread is about.
You want to veg, that's fine. It's not easy to predict all possible reasons in a poll.
But for you to suggest that posting a filter might be a waste of space is just wrong.

As for myself, I shall continue to post filters that probably nobody will use whenever the mood strikes me.
If the filter stimulates some thought or an exchange of ideas, that's good enough reason for me.

I'd like to see more people writing and posting their filters, not less.
I hope your statements on this won't discourage people from posting their filters.

My $.02
z12