I've posted a question and no one has answered it!

Whilst the majority of cries for help on the forum get answered within the hour, some don't. There may be a valid reason for this so please don't take it personally.

I will try to list some of them and what you can do to make it more attractive to get answers.

The chances of getting an answer in a single unit of time are proportional to the number of people who can answer that question. If you ask a very obscure question it may take quite a while for someone knowledgeable enough to stumble upon it.
The chances of getting a good answer are proportional to the quality of the question. Phrasing, spelling, proper use of caps and punctuation, descriptive title and so on and so forth. If you have a file pertaining to the question and you are allowed to post it, do so. If you have an image/pdf/link that pertains to your question, include it.
Questions that allow for prompt answers will be dealt with quicker than questions which are vague, ambiguous, open-ended or large in scope. I.e. "How do I make a facade like this in Grasshopper?" will probably not be answered as it would be far too much work.
If you use Google Translate to post a question in English, also be sure to include the question in a language you are fluent in. Google Translate is a pretty terrible way of communicating and phrases usually get mangled beyond recognition.
Before posting a problem, reduce it to the smallest workable (but still problematic) subset. I.e. don't post a 200 component file if a 5 component file can be used instead.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Harms on July 27, 2012 at 6:28pm

Ow! My feelings!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on July 27, 2012 at 7:04pm

why are you here? :)

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Permalink Reply by Brian Harms on July 27, 2012 at 7:08pm

Probably got banned from all the other forums he trolls.

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Permalink Reply by Ángel Linares on July 28, 2012 at 4:43am

The first time I see a guy like this over here :S ...I always thought that were only good and kind people in grasshopper forum...But know that I see the situation I can only sugest: Don't feed the troll ;)

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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on July 28, 2012 at 12:48pm

I move that all replies under the first post be deleted and replaced by a single reply containing this image: http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/61294.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Holloway on July 28, 2012 at 12:55pm

Danny,

Do you think there's any merit in implementing a system such as they have on http://stackoverflow.com/? There, they use a point system based not only on how good the answers given to certain questions are, but also how useful the question that has been posted is itself, i.e. whether the person has shown that they have properly researched the problem before asking the question, or how similar the question is to other questions that have already been asked and answered on the forum. It would give an incentive not only to answer people's questions, but also to ask good questions.