The general rule I know that the staff follow is that these members already search Google and found AndroidForums. It takes time to sign up and they did that. You got to give them credit for doing that much. So if they post and the question is already ask, the courteous thing to do is to help them by either answering their question or direct them to the threads with similar responses.
I totally hear you. I always wonder if they got their problem fixed. By the time I've invested in answering, I'm sharing the concern and showing the love.
If it helps any, we generally find that for our helpful members, a ratio of total posts to thanked posts runs typically at somewhere around 3:1, I'm near that myself, fwiw.
I notice in your case that your ratio is well above that - over and above in fact - at a ratio of roughly 2:1.
You're doing something awfully right in showing the love as well, to which I must say, mega kudos and... :adore:
So, keep on keeping on and well done, compadre!
PS - Roze agrees with me, I know that.
FWIW, I respect that this board has different policies than the one I serve as a Moderator on, and I was really being light-hearted when I said I get "annoyed" by vague thread titles, despite my rantiness (seriously, I'm a pretty ranty guy in general). More often I just skip over vaguely-titled threads entirely when posted here...if they can't be bothered to be more specific, I can't be bothered to try to assist them.
As far as questions that get asked repeatedly, I recommend a FAQ thread if one doesn't already exist. Beyond that, as on my board, I don't see anything wrong with a pleasantly-worded variant on "Search is your friend." followed by a link to a search result that actually is helpful. I take a dim view of people who claim that searching will work but don't post a link, as it seems inappropriate to point a user to searching without providing tangible evidence that it will help them.
Wait, I thought you knew everything off the top of your head
