Bounty__Hunter
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Just wanting to give everybody a heads-up about giving and receiving advice on any forum, so be sure of your advice before you give it, and be sure of the accuracy of advice before you pass that point of no return if it's you asking the question and working on the Jeep.
There was a great "Trail Head" article in the last JP magazine, July '03. An interesting excerpt:
Check this out, in the same article:
Don't take adivce as gospel just because somebody has a high number of posts or some cool rank, it wasn't earned by education or skills testing :lol: But, you can give more weight to advice from a user once you are familiar with that user and know how accurate they have been in the past.
Good article, and JP is a cool rag, you should check it out. [addsig]
Just wanting to give everybody a heads-up about giving and receiving advice on any forum, so be sure of your advice before you give it, and be sure of the accuracy of advice before you pass that point of no return if it's you asking the question and working on the Jeep.
There was a great "Trail Head" article in the last JP magazine, July '03. An interesting excerpt:
There's a lot of information available to the computer user; unfortunately, there is also a lot of misinformation, especially on some of the 4x4 and Jeep Web site forums. A thread will usually start out with a typical question like "What's the best lift kit for my new Jeep?" Then without even asking what this poor guy wants to do with his Jeep, he'll get slammed with eight different answers ranging from "Don't lift it, you'll ruin your Jeep!" to "Every kit sucks, so buy a welder and build it yourself!" and "Beat it, Newbie!" Of course, the answer will vary depending on what site you're on, but the unfortunate part is that whoever responds often only has experience with one lift manufacturer, or even worse, his brother's doctor's girlfriend's father had that lift, and it's all bent up after just driving on a dirt road to Grandma's house. Of course, the part about a head-on collision with a tree at 90mh was left out.
Check this out, in the same article:
The most entertaining forum rating system counts the number of posts you've made and plasters you with a rank. This system encourages you post often, whether you know what you are talking about or not. Post away with your propaganda about how drag slicks are better mud tires than anything else available and tell 'em how your open-diffed Jeep will go "anywhere". In no time, you'll be given the coveted rank of "Wheeling God."
Don't take adivce as gospel just because somebody has a high number of posts or some cool rank, it wasn't earned by education or skills testing :lol: But, you can give more weight to advice from a user once you are familiar with that user and know how accurate they have been in the past.
Good article, and JP is a cool rag, you should check it out. [addsig]