My little rant for the day

[DKoKoMan]

First of all, well said. I definitely see more people taking to the multitude of social media platforms out there to gain their knowledge. I am not a big social media guy (really only canreef, no Facebook, instagram, Twitter etc.). Partly because of my job and the other is I just hate the copycat mentality and things that go viral from these. I remember when I first got in to this hobby I purchased a book on saltwater and read the entire thing at the start of the cycle. From there I spent hours reading articles written by some of the “gurus” in the hobby.

I think some of the luster of the hobby is lost, when you don’t take the opportunity to check out LFS and have some conversations. You definitely see more people wanting the “picture perfect” reef, they want it immediately and may not even care about the “how” it got there. The 3 websites you mentioned definitely provide a lot more than a simple snapshot.

[albert_dao]

Eh? There's a ton of great info out there. BRS puts out countless easily digested videos every week. Same goes for liveaquaria and many others. I can't think of a time where I've met so many well informed "newbies".

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Sorry, I don't do the social media thing (or avoid it as much as possible) but I can totally understand your points and agree with the "instant gratification followed by tank crash due to lack of proper information" scenario. I've often been accused of writing novels or essays at least when posting information, but I bet a lot of the people who go looking for "how to start a reef tank" info on social media aren't really interested in finding out the proper way to do things, so much as the quick and "easy" (thus increasing odds of tank failure) way.

Anthony

[dino]

sorry I didnt take the time to read this long article. can you make it in smart time?