Whilst I would never be rude to a newbie, isn't it reasonable that they at least read the FAQ, README or an I tried before asking such basic questions?
That's the type of lazy behavior that drives a lot of experienced people away from some of these chat rooms. What self-respecting developer is going to waste other people's time before doing an initial search on his/her own? That's the type of person I would rather not help because their first instinct is to waste other people's time before investing their own.
I have heard other developers call them parasites and energy vampires.
I've never heard of people needing to ask where the project readme is, especially when your in a chatroom linked to the repo, which has it on the homepage.
On top of that, it's inefficient. I want a couple of paragraphs telling me what the project is about, not a conversation.