Reminder for Noobs (and everyone for that matter)

[Grizzlybrew]

If anybody would have replied to my queries with "this gets asked everyday- do you think you're unique?" I wouldn't have stayed around long.

This made me laugh, just imagining a forum where all the participants responded like this...

www.elitistjerktalk.com (note: not a real website... yet!)

 

[raf1919]

You know you don't have to respond to a question if you don't want to; right?

I use the search feature quite a bit, but sometimes after reading through dozens of threads don't find exactly what I'm looking for.

agreed.

i see this in forums all to often. if you see a dumb/redundant question just move on and dont read/answer it.

as new people join and new products come out, re asking similar questions can yield new info.

 

[Rev2010]

My first post here on HBT WAS "I dropped my grommet into my beer- so I duct taped the airlock in place and walked away- is my beer ruined?"

5 years later, I'm moderating the biggest homebrew forum on the internet.

Awesome post!! Too bad there's no rep system here so I could +1 you for that.

*EDIT - come to think of it I'd have no rep power at 60 posts anyway lol. Oh well, it's the thought that counts.


Rev.

 

[superjunior]

My first post here on HBT WAS "I dropped my grommet into my beer

that was my first post as well, and probably a lot of peoples first post. I bet there's LOTS of threads on that. I'm glad someone told me don't sweat it your beer will be fine, instead of scoffing that I didn't do a search first

 

[dvdanny]

I honestly think noob questions make it alot easier for me to find the information I need. Sometimes I don't even have to search for my problem someone as it is right at the top of the new threads a noob posted and Revvy, Yooper or any of the fine members here have either answered it or posted a link to where the answer would be found. I was a member of this board for a whole year just reading everything (while still brewing) before I made my first post.

I remember mentally checking stuff off as I read the noob post like: don't bother even paying attention to the airlock, Mr. Beer is wrong about how long it takes to carb a beer, and my beer is not infected and the odds that it ever will be is insanely slim. Along with my toyota tacoma board (people are a bit meaner there but good info all about in that one) this board rules.