I've been saying that for a while...
Well....do scubaboard members take more advice from regulators or senior members over the newbie to scubaboard?
Just wondering....
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I've been saying that for a while...
Well....do scubaboard members take more advice from regulators or senior members over the newbie to scubaboard?
Just wondering....
I am hoping the answer is NO and not just because I am not a senior member or a regulator. You know that would be an interesting poll LOL.
Being a senior member means you have a lot of posts and that you have opinions (not a bad thing) but it in and of itself does not validate your opinion or your advice.
As for the regulators, I do not know the process by which they are chosen so I can not offer a knowlegable opinion. That said, I am guessing that it is not real diving experience based so much as it is respect on this board.
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I don't take in personaly Believe me.
This was just to see what kind of responses I would get.
So often I read advice from some of the people on here and am amazed at them. I never take their advice. But I was wonderering how many couldn't resist responding no matter what the question or even if there wasn't a question. No offense ment toward anyone. I'm willing to bet that this thread has given some people a reason to think and maybe even given some backdoor advice as how to take everything said on the board should be taken with a grain of salt. This would not be the place I would ask a question where my life my depend on the answer to it.
The board is a good place to get opinions from all sides.
Uncle pug I couldn't agree with you more.
This was just to see what kind of responses I would get.
So often I read advice from some of the people on here and am amazed at them. I never take their advice. But I was wonderering how many couldn't resist responding no matter what the question or even if there wasn't a question. No offense ment toward anyone. I'm willing to bet that this thread has given some people a reason to think and maybe even given some backdoor advice as how to take everything said on the board should be taken with a grain of salt. This would not be the place I would ask a question where my life my depend on the answer to it.
The board is a good place to get opinions from all sides.
Uncle pug I couldn't agree with you more.
cyklon_300
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troll poll?
smrtblnddiver
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NavyDoll once bubbled...
I have logged over 100 dives since I began diving last December (2002)... approximately 60+ hours of bottom time. I think that makes me a fairly experienced diver... when compared to someone who has logged 100 dives and 60+hrs... but taken 3 years to do so! But... i would be less experienced than someone who logs 100 dives & 60+hrs in the space of 6 months. (this is assuming we are all diving in the same climate... cold salt water, variable viz... off Vancouver Island
I would disagree entirely. The length of time it takes you to get to a certain number of dives is directly related to the amount of time you have to dive. If you have the luxury of diving every day, then you're going to get a lot of dive time in. But, I still wouldn't equate that with more experience, necessarily.
I've been diving for 5 years and there was a time when I dove every weekend, and my skills improved quite a bit. However, on and off over the last year and a half my health has kept me out of the water, so I've had very little dive time added to my log book. BUT, I don't think that has diminished my ability in the least.
Someone come up with a handicapping equation.
Heh, no offense, but I'm sort of having a good laugh right now... it was only asked how many people track their hours and how many they had, and given a variety of ranges to choose from.
An open, general question.
An open, general question.
CBulla once bubbled...
Heh, no offense, but I'm sort of having a good laugh right now...
If you're referring to my post then no offense taken. I was actually trying to be funny. Rarely works though
First principle: Test everything... hold on to that which is good.
It would be extremely unwise IMO for folks to just take advice given on any board without due care and caution.
It would also be unwise to reject out of hand any and all advice simply because it was give on an internet forum.
(btw... you shouldn't believe advice given in person without critically thinking it over either.)
So how does one determine the validity of advice given here on Scuba Board?
Well for starters consensus is a good clue. If you find the same advice given by multiple posters then that can help somewhat.
Secondly you should try to discern the actual diving experience level of the advice givers... we have some very inexperienced posters here posting as though they really knew what they were talking about.
Thirdly... track record. Read back through the poster's history and see what kind of advice they have given in the past. You will also find clues as to what kind of diver they really are.
Those who are new to the board might claim credentials but until they have a track record it is difficult to know if they are who they say they are.
Again the guiding principle should be "test everything and hold onto that which is good."
It would be extremely unwise IMO for folks to just take advice given on any board without due care and caution.
It would also be unwise to reject out of hand any and all advice simply because it was give on an internet forum.
(btw... you shouldn't believe advice given in person without critically thinking it over either.)
So how does one determine the validity of advice given here on Scuba Board?
Well for starters consensus is a good clue. If you find the same advice given by multiple posters then that can help somewhat.
Secondly you should try to discern the actual diving experience level of the advice givers... we have some very inexperienced posters here posting as though they really knew what they were talking about.
Thirdly... track record. Read back through the poster's history and see what kind of advice they have given in the past. You will also find clues as to what kind of diver they really are.
Those who are new to the board might claim credentials but until they have a track record it is difficult to know if they are who they say they are.
Again the guiding principle should be "test everything and hold onto that which is good."
cornfed
Mindless lemming
Well, we recently had a nice example of how little value the member status and number of posts can be when evaluating advice.
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