Whatever Happened to the Old Chief Delphi?

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

I know I've added my share of hoopla in the past.

The fact that you've grown to the point of recognizing your that early comments you made may have been "hoopla" is a testament to why we need to be wary of some of the things happening here as expressed in your previous post. How will the next group of CDers be inspired to improve their CAD skills (topic of choice)? How will aspiring CADers get hooked into this shadow network if the posts from these experts recede deeper and deeper into the archives?

Another overlooked benefit of posting designs here is that they are beneficial even for those of us who have no aspirations to be CAD experts or designers. I open almost every CAD drawing I see pop into CD-Media despite having CAD skills that could be described as poor. I do this because I never know when these threads will spawn ideas, or when knowledge gained in these threads will be applicable to something my team is doing, even if it's completely unrelated.

I'm not suggesting that everyone should post every idea they sketch out on here, some members here are clearly very prolific designers and if they posted every last idea they came up with we'd be buried in content. What I am suggesting is that people should not hesitate to post ideas they think are particularly interesting, not just for their own benefit, but for the benefit of those who are now where you once were.

I understand that some of the comments you may receive on a post may not be helpful, but be honest with yourself, how much time do you really spend filtering those comments out? Those comments are posted by students that are likely eager to try and contribute, students that are truly excited about what they are doing; although the comments may be obnoxious at times (believe me, I know that feeling) we must remind ourselves that our goal is to encourage these students so they remain excited. "Obvious" comments are not the reason that we should stop posting ideas here on CD, they are the reason we must continue or increase our efforts to share our knowledge with the CD community.