.... This has been a public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming of... I'm guessing.... memes, Pr0n, and political posts devoid of context...?
... Is technology the wrong channel for cache-clear messages, are we not reminding to clear cache anymore, or is my tone being misinterpreted...? Truely interested
Fair enough. It was meant to be more, "hey everyone, I'm an idiot and thought my app was misbehaving then remembered that i needed to clear the cache. After deleting 3 and a half gigs it's working very well again. The bit about regularly scheduled programming was probably more projection than anything else. :)
Sorry if i came off sounding like a prick, if you heard me say it out loud, it would have been dripping with self depreciation. edit for spelling
a cache shouldn't slow down an app. If it's slowing down an app, it's using the cache wrong. There shouldn't be any reason to clear a cache regularly. You should clear a cache when you need to for specific reasons like there is something bad/corrupt in the cache or you temporarily need the space used by the cache.
this makes your advice seem somewhat trite and uh, I'll call it "uninformed"
this leads to your tone being... weird, maybe, in a technology forum?
Don't dwell on it though. The internet can be harsh and you were well-meaning :)