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Originally Posted by MooreteP
I disagree.
Depending on the Forum or thread, there are representatives of all aspects of FIRST on CD.
There is no barrier or requirement to join or post. ( click here to watch Anchorman 2  )
These comments are anecdotal at best and the plural of anecdote is not data. |
And your post is just an anecdote and a single anecdote is even weaker than a plural of anecdotes.
You're right that there really aren't any (significant) entry barriers to Chief Delphi, but that doesn't mean that the population is an even representation of opinions of a very large community.
If we look at the first page on the "Most Posts" sort function under the Members tab, 23 out of 36 people affiliated with a team are affiliated with a team with a number less than 1000. Obviously, that's a relatively weak statistic (what with people changing teams and all that), but I would hardly thing that anyone would argue that teams that have been around longer tend to have a different perspective than new teams. Only six do not list FRC as their competition (keep in mind that the vast majority of FIRST teams are in FLL, and a larger amount are in FTC than FRC).
Only one is listed as having started competing in 2011 or later (ie, a student who started FRC and is still a student), which means everyone else is an alumni, mentor, or otherwise who has been in the program for more than four years.
These 49 people (we aren't counting the archiver bot) have contributed approximately 20% of Chief Delphi's posts.
Yes, there are representatives of all aspects of FIRST on Chief Delphi. Some of them are just louder and more common than others.