Not if all the newbie gets is group think canned "answers" from self styled dialed-in "commuting experts" that doesn't address the question or the newbie's situation.

Or not if all the questioner wants is "approval" from the Kool Kids for buying something, anything as long as it doesn't come from a big box store.

I've read more than one post where someone's only problem is that he has read disparaging or discouraging words about something about his technique or equipment that he previously was satisfied with but is now trying to get "right" with the BF group think approved stuff or technique.