I will always have a look through most of the forum threads & on the rear occasion put my 2 cents in.
The one thing i have noticed though is that (STATING THE OBVIOUS) are the amount of the same newbie questions. What gear to get, where to start etc⊠etc⊠this is often followed by a USE THE SEARCH BUTTON
although i am in favour of the search button. punching in one or a few key words will often resullt in no less than 10-20 odd pages of threads/posts with only a small percentage being relatively appropriate for the information required. And with the amount of OT threads and posts adding to the list this can be quite a daunting task :eek:
So i think the site could do with a SUPER MERGE. and/or alternativly a BIG THREAD OF RECOMMENDEDâŠ(The likes of what Josh@firestorm has previously done)
While I agree with the basis for your statement, thereâs something to be said for researching something that youâre interested in and planning to spend money on. Unfortunately it seems that most people today want immediate answers to questions that, quite simply, could be answered by themselves with just a modicum of research. That being said, I think that peeps on this site are much more helpful than on other sites I frequent but I know I get pretty tired of seeing the same questions asked over and over.
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thereâs something to be said for researching something that youâre interested in and planning to spend money on. .
[/quote] +1
[quote=âSirReal, post:2, topic:27297, username:SirRealâ]
Unfortunately it seems that most people today want immediate answers to questions that, quite simply, could be answered by themselves with just a modicum of research..
[/quote] thats the nature of the beast that is society these days.
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I think that peeps on this site are much more helpful than on other sites I frequent
[/quote] this is the only site i frequent as i enjoy it and its characters that much.
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but I know I get pretty tired of seeing the same questions asked over and over.
[/quote] hence the post. i can tell with a few of you that have been on site for a while that this is the case.
Again, while I like the sentiment from where your question/comment comes from, youâre ultimately asking a âmodâ to take the time to search and cull together like threads for people who are unwilling to do it themselves.
^^^ true. and im not really asking for myself as i enjoy the whole journey of the search. so please mods dont take this to seriously. no offence intended. DJTT rocks, only downside is i spend most my time on the site and not actually practicing LOL. or doing any work, lucky the boss aint a forum member
You donât know how many times Iâve been lying on the couch reading threads on this site and thinking to myself, âget off you a$$ and go mix some musicâ. I definitely need to spend less time on the site and more time actually DJing.
how about a âquick/dumb questions and good answers threadâ ? works pretty well on some other forums I use for all the small questions. if you look for something you can just look through that thread to see if it has been answered
DJâing has shifted from learning to beatmatch to learning how to search a forum. The problem with search is that it doesnât work very well. Whatâs going to happen when Google figures out a way to make forum searches find exactly what youâre looking for? Are we going to moan and cry that real internet users wade through pages of unrelated threads to find the answer they want?
In al seriousness though, we can find specific threads because we remember a key word specific to that thread or who posted it so we can find it easier. a noob to the forum doesnât know these things so they get pages and pages of threads that arenât what theyâre looking for. That problem however is the way you discover the other bits of information along the way. It just takes time which as said above people donât want to spend.
