A challenge to senior and experienced Head-Fi'ers - Page 2

Hi,

I try and make an effort to do so the best I can. I have discussed this and other related topics privately with other Head-Fi'ers. Although not worded exactly like the OP, we've all agreed that trying to help the lesser experienced members benefits the community as a whole. Even if it's challenging.

Peace

@Uncle Erik, so you are 4 years older!

I am no expert, but I agree to help newcomers. When I first joined Head-Fi, I used the search function, to be honest, the more posts I read the more I got confused. However, I just don't like people simply posting a new thread not even trying to search beforehand.

Helps from the 'senior and experienced' sometime can be an double edged sword. For many occasions I have seen noobs being very much misled by those who 'appear' to be senior and experienced (posts count and join date wise), it really scares the hell out of me about the nonexistent quality of their posts. There are those who so rigorously believe in something that they don't need to hear/see/experience it for themselves while still capable of giving others advice (or defends it from any and everyone else). While many of us who are here long enough all know better to take information with skepticism, I fear that the lack of researching from the noob often lead them to believe in the wrong things. I guess my point is, the senior and experienced should be helpful, but should also encourage noob to do their own research and reach their own conclusion.

Good topic. I try to help if possible but I'm a newbie to the hobby. Don't let my post count fool you.

I have been thinking about this the past month... Head-Fi is funny in that every 2-3 months the old farts get a case of don't-give-a-darns. It's like a switch flips and everyone goes into "screw you use the search" mode. I do like the idea of a "start here" forum with stickies and general meet and great activities. There is an outstanding amount of information on this site but can be a nightmare to drudge though.

So I accept your Challenge UE

I laughed my face off. Bravo

I consider myself a newbie because i will be getting my very first iPod soon (iTouch) and will be asking some questions probably.

I vote for "Use the Search Function" first.

It's actually the best way for anyone new to this hobby to learn...learn that everyone's got their own opinion; learn that post count or join date doesn't necessarily mean anything; learn that certain members gang up on other members or manufactures, or learn that what's oftentimes written as "fact" isn't.

But mainly they'll just learn.

If everyone tried and helped someone with a low post count this forum would become the on-line version of that TV commercial for a job search engine, "The Ladder." (For those who haven't seen the commercial, it starts off showing a tennis match where as the server starts to serve someone runs onto the court and serves it for him, then everyone goes onto the court to try and play. It becomes mass confusion.)

If I find a thread title indicating that the OP needs some help with something, and there are no replies, I log on and try to help, especially if the thread has fallen way down the page. Sometimes it does some good.

This is a great idea and it's been brought up many times but for some reason hasn't taken off, and I don't know why. This site's only going to get bigger and starting something like this now would be a smart move.

I didn't ask you too many questions at the meet, did I?

(just call me tube noob)

You are killing me. Asking me "what my favorite color is" and "if I still like New Kids on the Block"?

Inevitably the noobs will find their way back to the old forums (since they see view counts as an indicator where they *think* their questions will be answered. I'm pretty sure boomana and countless others said just use the search function (whether experienced or not.) I've been here 6 years but I'm not half as serious as the DIYers nor as experienced as many people who came here after I did. It's been said time and again that we all had to start somewhere and when I first got here, I posted a "what should I buy thread." I'm pretty sure I've achieved what I set out to do from that thread now (even if it took a while to do it.)

All I've learned in all this time is that 1. I do a lot of searches and read a lot of threads. 2. Try out gear that I'm willing to spend money on. 3. Enjoy the gear I spend money on. 4. (the guilty pleasure) Watch the mayhem that ensues here on HF.

The experienced part, where people cross the line from being a noob to just being another guy here is: to filter out all the extraneous stuff that you don't care to know about and take what's pertinent for your own options. No matter how many threads I read about a D2000 or W5000 or DX1000, I'm just not going to have any idea whether this is something that could/should interest me. I probably won't unless I see some keywords of interest that pop up in the thread. Even that I'll still take as a grain of salt. I'd like to treat this place as something more than just a discussion forum, but as an information repository. If you treat it like a Lexis database, you might get more out of your experience here. If you treat it like Yahoo answers, well, don't expect too much.

None of this is a novel idea. Try reading posts from 2001, you'll see just as many quirky questions then as you see now. I would just imagine that 9 years of thoughtful answers and good information shouldn't go to waste.