Statistic can be misleading but "Each reply counts as one post and there could be up to 47 replies, back and forth, on one query which someone could miscontrue as 47 separate queries." doesn't take into account the various threads which contain more than one request for information.
As an experiment I looked at my posts- 292 topics that I started BUT
-76 were resources that I posted (mostly on resource boards and most of them have multiple resources in each post)
-10 were some sort of technical help/query
-101 were research for other people (my uncle's Danish relatives, an elderly friend's family tree that I've been helping with for over 30 years, another friend researching WWI soldiers, etc.)
-19 'other' which were misc. topics not for my own research
which leaves 84 threads for my own personal research but this is over the course of 16 years which means an average of 5.25 a year (a few of these were on the Photo board asking for dating or restoration)
For my own research I do purchase credits from GRONI & Scotland's People and take advantage of free resources, special offers and free searches on pay sites. I do not have subscriptions to Ancestry, Find My Past, etc. (these would be lovely to have but I manage without).
Absolutely nothing wrong with asking for help. There are times I've struggled to find information, have asked for help & people have generously taken the time to look further for me to either find the 'missing' information, point me in the right direction so I could continue or confirm the details were missing.
However, there is a clear pattern of constant requests and many times the information can be found with resources that are available to you and makes it seem as you want everyone else to find information immediately for you rather than spending more time doing what you should be perfectly able to do yourself.
