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I wish we could divide forums into 101 and 202 (as in college levels) streams. Newbies need a place, but I don't want to be their guide (in most cases). Newbie/

I wish we could divide forums into 101 and 202 (as in college levels) streams. Newbies need a place, but I don't want to be their guide (in most cases). Newbie/101 energy kills a lot of places.

deepspace 3y ago
Yes, I frequent subs like r/Electronics, r/Arduino and r/ElectricalEngineering. While I sympathize with newbies, the incessant “My First Blinking LED” posts get old really fast. Especially when said LED DOESN’T blink, and they post a Fritzing thing instead of a circuit diagram.
- auxym 3y ago
  r/embedded feels like it has become 75% "how do I find my first job as an embedded programmer", which gets old after a while. AskElectronics is pretty good though, in large part thanks to Davide's moderation. Losing places like that is sad tbh.
  - docmars 3y ago
    Same with the various web development subreddits as well. Copious amounts of content from "My First Website", to "am I doing intro-level CSS thing right?", and "can I still get a React job?" There's certainly a place for these, as everyone needs to start somewhere, but having a better home for these would be welcome.
triplepoint217 3y ago
Sift (https://sift.quest/ https://sift.quest/) is working hard on doing exactly that. We don't have enough users to actually show it off yet, but at our core we're building around a user reputation/relevance graph that we think will let people curate streams like that. In our model, as soon as anyone you trust in our graph says "this is a 101 type post/comment" we can realize you are not interested in seeing it and de prioritize it in your feeds/comments while still showing it to other newbies or to people who have expressed an interest in engaging with that kind of topic.
- thfuran 3y ago
  Is trust per person or per person per topic?
  - triplepoint217 3y ago
    Sorry it took me a few days to see this. Right now we have trust per person, and a separate "preference" by topic. Our end goal is to do trust per person per topic.

I wish we could divide forums into 101 and 202 (as in college levels) streams. Newbies need a place, but I don't want to be their guide (in most cases). Newbie/101 energy kills a lot of places.

deepspace 3y ago

Yes, I frequent subs like r/Electronics, r/Arduino and r/ElectricalEngineering. While I sympathize with newbies, the incessant “My First Blinking LED” posts get old really fast. Especially when said LED DOESN’T blink, and they post a Fritzing thing instead of a circuit diagram.

auxym 3y ago
r/embedded feels like it has become 75% "how do I find my first job as an embedded programmer", which gets old after a while. AskElectronics is pretty good though, in large part thanks to Davide's moderation. Losing places like that is sad tbh.
- docmars 3y ago
  Same with the various web development subreddits as well. Copious amounts of content from "My First Website", to "am I doing intro-level CSS thing right?", and "can I still get a React job?" There's certainly a place for these, as everyone needs to start somewhere, but having a better home for these would be welcome.

triplepoint217 3y ago

Sift (https://sift.quest/ https://sift.quest/) is working hard on doing exactly that. We don't have enough users to actually show it off yet, but at our core we're building around a user reputation/relevance graph that we think will let people curate streams like that. In our model, as soon as anyone you trust in our graph says "this is a 101 type post/comment" we can realize you are not interested in seeing it and de prioritize it in your feeds/comments while still showing it to other newbies or to people who have expressed an interest in engaging with that kind of topic.

thfuran 3y ago
Is trust per person or per person per topic?
- triplepoint217 3y ago
  Sorry it took me a few days to see this. Right now we have trust per person, and a separate "preference" by topic. Our end goal is to do trust per person per topic.