Do you ever read the "stickys" threads? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2017, 10:13:40 pm
content: I find I just skip past them like the first two results that are ads on google. I know they have good info but they are usually 100 pages long and the first few pages are outdated and the people who posted to them probably don't go to the board anymore. So there is no point is asking specific questions.I think this is true of all forums...

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2017, 11:17:04 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on September 19, 2017, 10:56:20 pmThis can be mitigated if moderators choose to offer the OP an option to lock the thread so they can open/close at their discretion if further content or edits needs adding.I only know of one occasion of this happening where a thread I opened which could be seen as controversial (Moderation Reports/ Supporters Lounge) and Dave placed a lock symbol in the OP so presumably I'm the only member outside the moderators that can see it.The sticky's are a quick and easy way to access/find info.Take the Multimeter spreadsheet or the oscilloscope training class ones for example.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 19, 2017, 11:44:50 pm
content: "Stickies" just take up space on my browser window.About 90% of questions can be answered by a quick Google search. As for the remaining 10%, none of those users will try to use the stickies. There is no index, and the search engine for EEVBlog is worthless. It is far more productive to: 1) Search google; or 2) Waste a lot of well-meaning "helper's" time posting your ambiguous, poorly thought out, or vague question here.Stickies are worthless.John

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 02:00:52 am
content: Quote from: jpanhalt on September 19, 2017, 11:44:50 pmI will say theytendto be compromised in value. The SNR mentioned above being the main reason.One exception (and there are others) is the Electronics Youtubers thread. Here, one member is making an ongoing effort to keep the key information in one post, updating it as contributions are offered.It's efforts of this sort that make those stickies very valuable, indeed.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 02:59:55 am
content: I've read most of them and the stickies here are way higher in quality than the typical stuff on other electronics boards.Generally, "stickies" are often the questions that get asked over and over by newcomers to a board and the mods compile the info so they don't have to keep typing the same things again and again. So its almost as much for the mods as it is for the newbies, so they can point people to them rather than typing it- if they had to, it would be a cause of burn out.Mods on blogs and forums everywhere are the unsung heroes of the Internet, and were it not for them and the huge amount of time and free efforts people put in to passing on information, the Internet would become just another means of separating people from money very quickly.They are the face we see of the Internet and its a good one.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 03:15:03 am
content: Anybody who hasn't already read it should read Eric Raymond's essay "How to ask questions the smart way".

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 12:58:10 pm
content: Yes, I most certainly did, thank you for pointing that out.Will fix it. Fixed.

author: Beamin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 08:05:13 pm
content: Quote from: cdev on September 20, 2017, 03:15:03 amCalifornia thoroughbreds .com?

author: Tomorokoshi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 20, 2017, 08:12:52 pm
content: Perhaps not that often. Very rarely when they are general topics. However, specific topics like this one:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/vintageclassic-renovation-techniques/are very valuable.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2017, 11:16:55 pm
content: .

author: CalMachine
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2017, 03:29:04 am
content: There are stickys?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 23, 2017, 05:58:49 am
content: Quote from: CalMachine on September 23, 2017, 03:29:04 amAKA "pinned" topics.