So it would be better if the thread stays empty until one person posted a response to the OP (because they're the only one who knew the answer) vs telling the OP where they could go to find the answer (in this case, a whole heck of a lot quicker than waiting for the one person on Dis who knew the answer)? That makes no sense to me. When people answered "Go to cruisecritic" it was because they wanted to help the OP get the answers they wanted. It was really the best answer. If someone comes on and asks "do I have cancer? Don't tell me to go to the doctor because I don't like doctors", how should people answer? If OP would have asked a
DCL question, they would have been directed to the DCL board. No one was rude, condescending, or insulting. They were trying to help. And the OP got upset at that.
I frequent a small number of message boards on different subjects. They ALL have threads that go off topic.