How do you pick threads to read?

[nelson]

Whatever happens to pique my interest on any given day. There's no logic to it and no way of organizing it coherently.

Doug

I bet there is  :lol:

[TheBigMan]

I'm mostly with Doug on this one.   :lol:

Sometimes TS threads annoy me, sometimes (because I did my first mods on it and am very familiar with the circuit) I like to read other people's perspectives.

I nearly always read build reports, esp. projects that I've done myself like the ROG Ruby which is a very popular one.

Some of the threads about tracing out boutique or rare effects are interesting as well when you see that there's no fancy parts or "mojo", just clever design with standard parts.

[vanhansen]

When I first started, I read everything, and I mean everything.  Now, I still try to read everything but don't get much of a chance to so I usually will read things that I may be interested in and definitely anything by the guru's here (you know who you are).

[scratch]

Mark, I'm with most of your points ... but for me personally more DIY, and less commercial, though I read them anyway ...

I get piqued by reverb/delay, 'digital', switching, schematics, construction ideas, troubleshooting and 'how-it-works' posts ... the TZF and reverb/MN3011 post were really interesting ...

I'm working up 'utility' circuits before getting back to FX building ...

[Mark Hammer]

Well I don't know if my list was intended to be "points" as much as reflect a variety of perspectives and different consumer orientations.  Certainly, there is much to be gained from reading the responses of all the contributors to this particular thread, in terms of learning how to pitch a thread to attract certain types of readers and responses.  I suppose Aron and/or Peter (or even someone else) could do a thematic breakout of threads and use #hits and #posts as measures to plot over themes, but my sense is that identifying themes from the titles is probably a hopeless cause.  Much much easier just to ask people what it is they look for.

Of course, wouldn't you know it.  The one that I plum forgot to include was:

21 ) I never read any of the threads about the forum itself.  Like stuff about flaming, or how much people have valued the forum or anything like polls.

:wink:

[nelson]

the Moral of the story is mark your thread "OCD clone build report PICS, SAMPLES and SCHEM"


 :lol:

[cd]

21 ) I never read any of the threads about the forum itself.  Like stuff about flaming, or how much people have valued the forum or anything like polls.
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I fall into that category.  To expand on my simple quote reply earlier, my brain goes to sleep when I read any header that even remotely seems like it could be answered by reading the usual suspect sites: geofex.com, GGG, Tonepad, ROG, using the search or FAQs here, or even Google.  That means any header having anything to do with a Fuzz Face, layouts, germanium transistors, a wah, JFET matching, tube emulation, 3PDT or bypass wiring, a Tubescreamer, Univibe.  There's probably more but that's all I can think of after looking at the first page of posts.

OTOH if I see an R.G. or Mark Hammer reply in one of those headers, I may read it.   That goes the other way too, if I see a reply by X or Y I will deliberately not read it because I know it's a useless thread.

Anything OT drives me nuts as well.  Though I'm guilty of posting in OT threads from time to time, this is an FX board - there are 10x better places for posting amp questions, or recording questions, or anything else not about FX.  Not that hard to find them either, if you don't have the patience to find one and register, I have no use for that either.

[Paul Marossy]

there are 10x better places for posting amp questions

I beg to differ. I get the best (and quickest) results here at this forum on amp repair/mod questions!

[Fp-www.Tonepad.com]

I try to stay away from newbie threads.

I pick my threads by who started it and who last replied.

Also topics that reffer to my website or builds related to it with pictures.

Fp

[Doug_H]

my brain goes to sleep when I read any header that even remotely seems like it could be answered by reading the usual suspect sites: geofex.com, GGG, Tonepad, ROG, using the search or FAQs here, or even Google.  That means any header having anything to do with a Fuzz Face, layouts, germanium transistors, a wah, JFET matching, tube emulation, 3PDT or bypass wiring, a Tubescreamer, Univibe.  There's probably more but that's all I can think of after looking at the first page of posts.

I used to avoid a lot of stuff I thought was already "covered" somewhere else. Now, I don't assume the "gurus" have the last word on anything. There are new perspectives, questions, info, etc that come up from time to time on seemingly tedious subjects. So I don't necessarily avoid them like   I used to.

Anything OT drives me nuts as well.  

Some come here for community, others just for data. For me it just depends on my mood at the time.

Doug

[cd]

I used to avoid a lot of stuff I thought was already "covered" somewhere else. Now, I don't assume the "gurus" have the last word on anything.

Personally, it's not so much a "guru last word" thing as it is a "show some initiative" thing.  I'd rather not single any post out, but say there's a header "more bass from TS?"  Obviously, that is a dead simple mod that has been thrashed over ten times to Sunday, and is covered extensively at Geofex.  OK the math and jargon may be a bit over a total beginner's head, but then why not start to work backward?  Go the the library and pick up the two Anderton DIY books.  Even the search here will provide detailed pics to replace this cap with that cap, like a paint by numbers.  Too many search results come up?  In my mind that's a GOOD thing if it gets you reading - open up the interesting threads and have at it!

There are new perspectives, questions, info, etc that come up from time to time on seemingly tedious subjects. So I don't necessarily avoid them like   I used to.

I would generally agree, but it seems the time between the "time to time" is getting longer and longer and longer, so I ignore more and more and more headers.  It's gotten to the point where sifting through the crud for that gem post is barely worth it anymore.  WHICH IS NOT TO DISCOURAGE ANYONE FROM POSTING - anyone can post what they like as long as it's within the forum guidelines.

[puretube]

5/7/15, mainly

[Aharon]

I don't read posts that do not clearly identify the subject matter.
HATE teaser posts like "I built this ...here's a sound sample but sorry no schem,don't ask me how I did it....."......well then keep it to yourself!.

I usually gravitate to posts by well known contributors like Mark Hammer,Francisco Pena,RG,Doug Hammond,AMZ etc.
Titles like PCB,Schem etc get me interested.

I read posts that say newbbie just in case I can help,sometimes a post will linger unanswered for days till someone breakes the ice .....I like to be the icebreaker sometimes ;=).
Take care