I consider myself a "newbie" here. Next to HardOCP this is my favorite forum. However in all the forums I've actively participated in this one seems to have a very high noise to signal ratio at the moment.
It's not as bad as the PS3 forums though

I think that could be due to:
Relatively "new" technology
New peeps think they bought a phone, not a Linux computer
To many youngsters or wannabe geeks that scream for help because obviously we exist to serve them.

Was it this bad when the 800 came out? I'd expect the signal to noise ratio to improve

When I first saw technut's rant I could feel his pain. I do think that it might be good to limit newbies (like me) to thread creation only in the newbie forum and hot deals.

Also if anyone that has made it to what is considered a "knowledgable member" (decided by the community) there should be a button to lock the thread and tell the thread creator to search.

And to Hedgecore - The prices for tablets especially is fleeting - I was going to buy an 800 for my son for Christmas when the price dropped to $179, but I waited till lunch and the price was gone

This is a great forum,

/edit - someone stuck "senior member" under my name! I'm not 65 for a while yet!