60 day 'Cool Down' (study?) period before newbies can post a new thread?

Andersonix · 15th May 2012, 10:18 PM

Wouldn't it be helpful in reducing the number of ill-conceived and over-exuberant, naive threads if DIYAudio newbies were required a 60 day waiting period before they could start their own thread? Perhaps one could encourage them to catch up on some studying during this phase?

sts9fan · 15th May 2012, 10:22 PM

Yeah, questions are stupid. Nobody ever learned anything from them.

Odysseas · 15th May 2012, 10:30 PM

seriously?!
I think it's rational to assume that before someone posts/asks has done a bit of reading/research. Do not forget that not everyone is an expert in every field.
I think also, it is safe to assume that NO question is "ill-conceived and over-exuberant, naive".
Of course, if you find one's post insults your intelectuality you may simply not respond.
(I think I missed an "l" somewhere..)

pinkmouse · 15th May 2012, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andersonix

Wouldn't it be helpful in reducing the number of ill-conceived and over-exuberant, naive threads if DIYAudio newbies were required a 60 day waiting period before they could start their own thread?

In my experience, most ill-conceived, over-exuberant, and naive threads tend to be started by long running members...

rvrazvan · 15th May 2012, 10:34 PM

You learn alot from stupid questions

.
The number of new users will drop like a rock. And that is bad no matter what opinion you have about stupid questions.

pieter t · 15th May 2012, 10:39 PM

No problems with stupid questions as long as the asker accepts his question to be stupid

SY · 15th May 2012, 10:49 PM

"There are no stupid questions. Just stupid people asking questions."

sreten · 15th May 2012, 11:22 PM

Hi,

Naive questions are not the problem. More the problem is when it seems the
OP knows very little, those that think they know more, but actually don't
know a reasonably definitive answer to the question, chime in with opinions.

There are loads of threads I simply can't be motivated trying to help, its a
lost cause, and its not the OP, its the respondents replies, not the question.

It should be obvious a 60 day waiting period is a stupid idea, like a stupid
question. Whatever the problem it intends to fix, it doesn't, because its
a leading question implying an answer, without analysis of the "problem".

rgds, sreten.

Conrad Hoffman · 15th May 2012, 11:23 PM

Sure, let's lock out the people most in need of help. I really want to suggest which party you must belong to, but I don't think we can discuss politics without being...

locked out.

Original Burnedfingers · 15th May 2012, 11:23 PM

I guess we are all probably stupid so there is no real need for this or any other forum.

15th May 2012, 10:18 PM	#1
Andersonix diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silicon Valley	60 day 'Cool Down' (study?) period before newbies can post a new thread? Wouldn't it be helpful in reducing the number of ill-conceived and over-exuberant, naive threads if DIYAudio newbies were required a 60 day waiting period before they could start their own thread? Perhaps one could encourage them to catch up on some studying during this phase?

15th May 2012, 10:49 PM	#7
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	"There are no stupid questions. Just stupid people asking questions." __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

15th May 2012, 11:22 PM	#8
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi, Naive questions are not the problem. More the problem is when it seems the OP knows very little, those that think they know more, but actually don't know a reasonably definitive answer to the question, chime in with opinions. There are loads of threads I simply can't be motivated trying to help, its a lost cause, and its not the OP, its the respondents replies, not the question. It should be obvious a 60 day waiting period is a stupid idea, like a stupid question. Whatever the problem it intends to fix, it doesn't, because its a leading question implying an answer, without analysis of the "problem". rgds, sreten. __________________ There is nothing so practical as a really good theory - Ludwig Boltzmann When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail - Abraham Maslow

15th May 2012, 11:23 PM	#9
Conrad Hoffman diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canandaigua, NY USA	Sure, let's lock out the people most in need of help. I really want to suggest which party you must belong to, but I don't think we can discuss politics without being... locked out. __________________ I used to be an audiophool like you but then I took an arrow to the knee.

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15th May 2012, 10:22 PM	#2
sts9fan diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MA	Yeah, questions are stupid. Nobody ever learned anything from them.

15th May 2012, 10:30 PM	#3
Odysseas diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Amsterdam	seriously?! I think it's rational to assume that before someone posts/asks has done a bit of reading/research. Do not forget that not everyone is an expert in every field. I think also, it is safe to assume that NO question is "ill-conceived and over-exuberant, naive". Of course, if you find one's post insults your intelectuality you may simply not respond. (I think I missed an "l" somewhere..)

15th May 2012, 10:34 PM	#5
rvrazvan diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2010	You learn alot from stupid questions . The number of new users will drop like a rock. And that is bad no matter what opinion you have about stupid questions.

15th May 2012, 10:39 PM	#6
pieter t Account disabled at member's request Join Date: Apr 2009	No problems with stupid questions as long as the asker accepts his question to be stupid

15th May 2012, 11:23 PM	#10
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	I guess we are all probably stupid so there is no real need for this or any other forum.

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