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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
Many people on other bh/wh wm boards say that WAFO is filled with morons....
But many of these "morons" have money to burn. While its easy to get down on WAFO for having a lot of n00bs, didn't we all start out as noobs as well. I'd be the first to admit that I'm still a noob in many things. Nothing wrong with asking tons of questions, milling around, and trying stuff out. While I'm not sure of the cull rate from newb to proven webmaster is at WAFO, I'm sure there's quite a few that go on to achieve and meet their goals. I know a few deep vertical content owners that started out from there and other newb friendly boards. In fact, one of my biggest clients right now started off at WAFO and after learning the hard way the problems inherent in duplicate content, he found me and I've helped take him to a whole different level. He says needed the early newb stumbles to get the right systematic mindset. Sometimes early pain is the best teacher and helps you appreciate the right solutions that come along later. I don't think I would have him on board with my LSI content services if he felt he "hit the right formula" with crappier/duped content early on.
Bottomline:
There is no shame in being new, clueless, and groping around for answers. Those who maintain their eagerness to learn and quickly incorporate their experiences and experiment boldly will eventually rise and find their niche.
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Of course it's not a shame to be a noob, but it is a shame to be a noob who asks: "How do I make a website?" or "What is this FTP for?" or "What is better, Dreamweaver or Photoshop to make a website?". The things that can be easily found with one single query in Google or Wikipedia shouldn't be asked 1000 times on a webmaster forum, they also give misinformational advice.. and there is so much of it on these boards it's not even funny anymore. BHW and BHT are also going in this direction, though you can still find something useful if you can dig and read between the lines.