- Zealot Tony
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"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.
I was a finalist :P
Generations gaps are inevitable. Older members came here at an earlier time (obviously) and have ergo known each other for longer. It's only natural that people prefer to hang out with friends they've known longer as opposed to the new waves of fans that proceed to come in, especially during the announcement of new games - which is where the "annoyance" you described can occur.
With new users comes threads which are new to them and their cohort, but old and redundant to the older class; because such answers to questions were provided to them already. To steal Spawn's analogy; someone who starts working in retail knows nothing about the location of certain items, so they proceed to ask staff who have worked at the store longer where these items are located. As one asks more and more, the more and more the older staff member can get irritated. It's not because of the question, it's because they already know the answer and expect the person asking the question to know it, too.
The problem is; it's inevitable, and nothing is going to change or stop repeat threads from appearing (more predominantly in threads which can only provided little discussion topic, like the Community Forum). The reason? New people are going to ask the questions because they are new, either to the site, or one of its particular forums. They're not going to go back to see if their thread has been made in the past, they want to post and get an answer or feedback as quickly as possible.
This is maybe one of the reasons these "generation" gaps appear tangible, because the annoyance eventually shows, which forms niches within the community.
[Edited on 06.14.2012 9:12 PM PDT]