exactly what i was about to say!
This is the problem I’m trying to point out. if YOU KNOW what topic would help them, then search for it, link it. mods can combine if appropriate.
But sending everyone to find the gold needle in the continuously growing and mostly irrelevant haystack is pretty useless…
This is kinda silly logic. If someone asks a simple question do you point them to the library?
I enjoy helping people who ask questions because it costs me very little time and saves them a lot of time. What would of happened if the guy who invented the wheel never shared it and told everyone to figure it out for themselves? We all stand on the shoulders of giants. If I can save someone some time answering a simple question maybe they can spend their time learning something else and when I need help they can save me some time and help me.
Just my 2 cents.
Can we make it a community thing to give out ridiculous ‘blueprint’ parts lists?
Oh, you’re looking to do a budget build that’s good for 15mph on flat land and has a range of at least 5 miles?
At minimum you’re going to need: 4x Maytech 90mm hub motors 4x FOCBOXes 1x 12S4P 30Q battery pack
Don’t come back until you’ve bought the parts…
Should be belt or axial direct drive (Carvon) though
It’s not really the users, it’s the site and how it’s setup, orr…not setup.
No stickies/pinned topics is the biggest issue here imo. Categories should be on the home screen.
Each category needs index threads, with links to direct people to what they seek, or what they didn’t even know existed…
Said index threads need to be locked, and pinned and can be added to by asking a mod.
The home screen shows latest posts topics instead of a welcome page or category page or a how to use the site walk thru.
That’s why people post random crap on whatever thread is at the top.
And don’t search, because there isn’t any sticky thread showing how to search. -yes, you have to show people…
The search function does work well though…
I’ve used it a ton.
This is a big issue. Some topics should be pinned, or we should have a pinned topic with all important threads/must-read, organized in categories. This one http://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/start-here-faq-for-diy-electric-skateboard-builders/215 is old and not up-to-date…
I think teaching other people to search first before asking is saving and teaching person ability to found out stuff themselves rather going around and asking everyone for the help… At least it’s my point of view at work with new junior developers…
You can only ask someone help if invested at least 15mins in search for the solution.
are you trying to make a bad joke or is your description completely true?
I’m pretty sure he’s being sarcastic. The point is that if new users are so lazy that they refuse to at least try to find an answer before posting their question, we should give them advice that will result in a build that is way overkill for their purpose and if they are dumb enough to take the advice it shows they haven’t researched at all and deserve to overspend on their board.
Right on the money. Worst case scenario, they build one hell of a board after going a tad over budget.
Agreed. The reason we love and encourage usage of the search bar is because it finds that gold needle for you, which is preferable to mods having to continuously clean up the irrelevant or repetitive topics that people make when they don’t use the search function.
sometimes. but its not always the case.
these topics will fall into the abyss where they belong…
I think I made my point. can we lock this before it get derailed?
on second thought, we can rename it to search or thread? and sticky?
That random user is me sometimes…
That or they will blow up their canbus on a dual by powering each Vesc up individually. Got to have replacement parts in stock 
This whole search button thing is not needed. I didn’t even know there was a search button until I’d already started building my board. I got help from reading posts that others had made in building things. There is easily enough information for new users to start learning just from reading some of the build threads at the top of the forum.
I understand that it gets annoying for older users having to answer the same questions all the time but I don’t think telling them to use the search button is the right approach. Like someone else said I think there needs to be more basic topics pinned to the top of the forum
If they read they wouldn’t need to ask the question and be told to search 
I have actually seen plenty of posts answered with a link to the search result obtained when introducing ops thread title in the search bar… This exceptional cases are the ones slowly transforming random users into old users. O and this guy I remember who once opened 4 threads with the same question. Some of them he opened when the question had already been answered in another of his threads
Here’s an idea, check their profile & if read time is <12hr we should file the helpful response
Shark wheels everywhere?
What if you would invent a teleporting device, would you share it? I wouldn’t!