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USE AND OVERUSE An Internet Forum where users read the FAQ before posting their questions is more likely to have a better Signal To Noise Ratio than one that is filled with repetitive postings, and hence is more likely to attract continued participation. When evaluating whether it is acceptable to express sentiments like RTFM, one must consider the trade-off between maintaining the Usability of an Internet forum for its existing users, and making a forum welcoming to newcomers. Critics say that frequent users of the phrase (or similar variants) are simply expressing (Although these systems do actually come with the aforementioned 'man' system). This phrase is also commonly used in Massive Multiplayer Online games, from people frustrated by Newbies asking how to do something that is explained in the manual. Some experts recommend designing some kind of software to be usable without a manual at all, since users don't ever actually read them. User Interface Design for Programmers - Chapter 6: Designing for People Who Have Better Things To Do With Their Lives Although, of course, there is the argument that users don't read manuals because designers, knowing that users don't read them, don't bother to make them very useful. Regardless of original cause, this problem will be mitigated as the 'intelligent in context help' paradigm comes into play. RELATED TERMS
To avoid the use of the expletive "fucking", other variations of the acronym:
Other derivatives of this expression found in Hacker Slang or Internet Slang include: :EEUC : "Equipment Exceeds User Capabilities" :ESTO : "Equipment Smarter Than Operator" :FGI : "Fucking Google It" :FTA : "From The Article" :GBTFW : "Get Back To Fucking Work" :GFE : "Google Fucking Exists" (coined by Dan Savage) :GIYD : "Google It You Dumbass" (pronounced "GUIDE") :GIYF : "Google Is Your Friend" or "Google It You Fuckwit" :GLOG : "Go Look On Google" :GMF : "Got Me Fucked" (Often used by Technical Students after Technical Instructors ask a really difficult question) : ID-TEN-T : replace TEN with 10, the word reads ID10T, or "idiot" :JFGI : "Just Fucking Google It" :JFWI : "Just Fucking Wiki It" (a derivative of JFGI found on IRC ) :PEBKAC : "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair" :PEGA : "Pilot Error! Go Around!" :PICNIC : "Problem In Chair Not In Computer" :OTFM: "Open The Fucking Manual" :RTFA : "Read The Fucking Article" (commonly used on forums to someone who has obviously posted a comment without reading the relevant article) :RFMF : "Read the Fucking Manual First" :RTFC : "Read The Fucking Card" (used by players as a reminder not to make play errors based on not reading the cards) :RTFC : For programmers, "Read The Fucking Code " :RTFMA : "Read The Fucking Manual Asshole" :RTFFAQ or RTFF : Read The Fucking FAQ :RTFN : "Read The Fucking News" :RTFQ : "Read The Fucking Question" (sometimes used by technical instructors to prevent exam errors due to a less-than-thorough reading of the test item by the student) :RTFS : "Read The Fucking Source" (commonly used by programmers to other programmers or sufficiently technically aware people who would benefit from looking at the Code ) :RTGDM : "Read the GOD Damned Manual" :RTFW: Read The Fucking Wiki (or Walkthrough ) :RTMFQ : "Read the Mother Fucking Question" :STFNG : "Search The Fucking News Group" (probably goes back at least to the advent of DejaNews in 1995 but the earliest citation Google Groups has for it is March 1999.) :STFW : "Search The Fucking Web" or "So The Fuck What? (first seen on Usenet in 1996 ) :TFA : "The Fucking Article" :UTFG : "Use The Fucking Google" :UTFSE : "Use The Fucking Search Engine" :UTFSF : "Use The Fucking Search Function" :UTFW : "Use The Fucking Wikipedia" :UTSL : "Use The Source, Luke" (a play on the popular '' Star Wars '' line commonly used in Linux context, where the basic or fallback type of installing software is the installation from manually downloaded source code instead of installing packages) :WTFM : "Write The Fucking Manual" (seen in a post on the .) Some of these versions are less pejorative than RTFM and used in a humorous sense, as it is assumed that it was the developer's fault for not providing documentation. There is also a French Magazine titled RTFM, short for Read That Friendly Magazine. It costs €3.50 in Metropolitan France and contains computer jokes and stickers. In the game F.E.A.R. for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 the main character meets a portly computer programmer named Norton Mapes who wears a large belt buckle engraved with the letters "RTFM". In addition, Mapes comes off as brash and condescending. The character Norton Mapes is a reference to the novel Jurassic Park, which features a very similar if not identical tech-support character. SEE ALSO
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