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--- Quote from: rstofer on February 19, 2022, 07:11:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 19, 2022, 06:49:03 pm ---
--- Quote ---if you like forums that are entirely about the content which stands alone
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The value of the post in relation to the thread. Not the forum, not the poster, not other threads.

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In whose opinion?  Do I even care about their opinion?  Hint:  I'm too old to care!

This whole topic is about drive-by questions (and ego points but I'll let that rest awhile).  The OP has an ill defined problem and often doesn't reply back when the other users have questions that need to be resolved before a solution can be proposed.  As stated above, they don't want to learn the approach to finding a solution, they want a quick number.  A hit-and-run question...

And they haven't even tried Google.  All of human knowledge is available on Google including an answer to their question.  Quick self-survey, how many times have you used a Google link to answer a question without adding much personal content?  Sometimes Wikipedia has really good explanations.

Even reading the Wiki seems to be too much effort, they just want a number and they want somebody else to do the work for them.  And complain when they don't get it in the first reply.  So they want to identify the experts and will probably wonder why none of them have responded.  Are the experts really going to get involved with every question posted in every forum?  It's going to be a full time job!

Numbers guys:  What is the average number of new threads opened per day?

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So, they can go an Google or read a book or... why bother coming here at all when all the answers are Out There just waiting for a simple search?

We are discussing beginners (no necessarily in electronics, but maybe just a different niche that is new to them). Often a problem is ill-defined because they don't know enough about it to know what's relevant, useful or just waffling. Maybe if they can post something on-track someone will point out exactly what extra is needed, or where to go for a better resolution or something.

If you can't abide people coming on to ask apparently dumb or useless questions, and demand their google search history before accepting they've already researched the stuff, maybe you could just not join that thread. Ignore them and either someone else will sort them out or no-one will, but it's no skin off your nose.

rstofer:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 19, 2022, 06:17:17 pm ---
I would also suggest that users' 'valuable' count isn't shown (as the thanks count is now). It's not about who posted and entirely about the content, which stands alone.

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If nobody can see it, who does see it?  And what does it mean if only the author of a reply can see it?  Why keep a statistic and then hide it?  After all, we're trying to tag the experts without flashing their username in bright colors and somehow super-size their replies.  Ordinary users won't have a valuable count because the experts will have already posted the correct answer - by definition.
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: emece67 on February 19, 2022, 07:27:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on February 19, 2022, 06:44:03 pm ---But I'm not surprised Dave got this kind of suggestion. As I said, many people these days just want quick answers to their questions, without having to further work on understanding the answers, checking that they are relevant. They just want quick recipes and move on. That's the opposite of learning.

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But it is "efficient", a well known modern mantra.

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I don't even think it's globally efficient. It just makes people increasingly dependent instead of helping them get independent to some degree, which IMO learning is all about.
And making people dependent is itself a "modern mantra."
rstofer:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 19, 2022, 08:01:49 pm ---If you can't abide people coming on to ask apparently dumb or useless questions, and demand their google search history before accepting they've already researched the stuff, maybe you could just not join that thread. Ignore them and either someone else will sort them out or no-one will, but it's no skin off your nose.

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I think my track record is a little better than that but...

Where would you expect to get a better introduction to Ohm's Law?  Here or on one of the myriad sites that have videos, examples and a lot of explanation?  It sure wouldn't be here!  Nor should it be.  It's been done, it's out there and Google can find it.

Now, if you want to know how to apply Ohm's Law to the bias of a Class A amplifier using a 2N3904 with emitter degeneration, this might be one of the best sites for that kind of thing.  There are some folks here who really add content to that discussion.  But it's not going to be a simple "use these resistors" kind of answer (probably).  There might even be some arithmetic involved.  Probably some discussion.  It won't be a hit and run answer.
rstofer:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on February 19, 2022, 08:01:49 pm ---So, they can go an Google or read a book or... why bother coming here at all when all the answers are Out There just waiting for a simple search?

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For the diversity in the replies. There isn't just one expert answer, there are usually several people involved and the discussion wanders all over the place.  That's a good thing!  It won't give the OP a single numeric answer from a single source but it will expose multiple solutions, some better, some less costly, some already built.  Check the Porch Pirate thread in Beginners.  The OP had a solution, mine was cheaper and faster.  It was completely opposite of what the OP thought he wanted but just posting an alternative point of view may have added value to the thread.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/anti-porch-pirate-alarm/

I didn't even attempt to stay on track, I proposed an alternative.  That's why people should come here - diversity of opinion.  Lots of diversity...
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