Why do folk post to communities without reading the community profile?

[ap_aelfwine]

This post showed up on gaeilge:

hey everyone!! i just joined. my name is Mel. im obsessed with everything having to do with Ireland. im also extremely intrested in learning the Gaelic language b/c im hoping to go there in August before i start college. anybody know it and/or about it??

The community profile:
Gaeilge: The Irish Gaelic Community
Faisnéis: This community is for speakers of Gaelic (Irish), those interested in learning it or in the process of learning it, and those interested in the Irish culture. Welcome!

And here's one which showed up on old_english:

Hey, I was just wondering if any of you guys know how to speak Old English. Is it just different in terms of vocabulary? Or does it have syntax differences too?

Also, are there any websites where I can learn this variant of English?

The community profile:
Old English Community
Faisnéis: This community is for:
people learning Old English
people who know Old English
people interested in learning Old English
people interested in the old Anglo-Saxon culture.
anyone else who feels like joining

Granted, I'm hard, and cruel, and think mctabby's Summary Executions are tremendous entertaining, but really... is it that these people didn't bother to try and figure out what the community was about before posting? Or do they believe Irish-speakers and Old English scholars are fantastic beasts, not real people?

"I'm not really a mythical creature, but I play one on the Internet..."

Comments

[peithecelt.livejournal.com]

::snicker:: okay, to be fair, the biggest problem these folks have is ignorance (Is it just different in terms of vocabulary? Or does it have syntax differences too?
??????? wtf???)

But an argument could be made that they were at least asking about the right topics.. they weren't asking about Gaelige on the OE community, you gotta give them credit for that..

(I think I'm a hopeless optimist, can you tell? :))

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

But an argument could be made that they were at least asking about the right topics.. they weren't asking about Gaelige on the OE community, you gotta give them credit for that..

True :-)

(I think I'm a hopeless optimist, can you tell? :))

Well, someone has to be :-)
Myself, I tend to be of the "not only is the glass half empty, it's chipped and the water smells funny" persuasion ;-)

[peithecelt.livejournal.com]

Hehehe.. yeah.. it's half full, and the faint scent of chlorine just means that there aren't any nasty bugs growing in it! :)

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Well, I can _hope_ it's just chlorine :-)