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Kirball904 t1_ixzg5tu wrote

Reply to comment by QWERKey-UK in Me whenever I ask a question or post a non-meta keyboard in this sub by HydroCigna

Yeah I always had teachers and professors that said you spend at minimum 10 minutes researching a question before you ask it publicly. If everyone lived by this there would be a lot less questions asked.

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QWERKey-UK t1_ixzijc1 wrote

I worked for 13 years as a university lecturer, and I can't agree more. Furthermore, information that you attain by your own research is retained better and for longer. These are facts. Plus... learning is fun. When you grow up with facts being handed to you on a plate, it makes you far less able to solve your own problems and harms critical thinking skills. There's absolutely nothing wrong with asking questions, but you should spend some time trying to find the answers yourself before you just ask. Usually the best questions are the ones raised from your own research, as the more you learn, the more questions you may have, but they tend to be relevant questions that are also more useful to others who may be reading your posts.

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Kirball904 t1_iy09ay9 wrote

The other big problem is 99% of the time it’s a subjective question.

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QWERKey-UK t1_iy0cfn0 wrote

Such as "what is the best switch?" etc. No one can really answer that.

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Kirball904 t1_iy260ra wrote

Yup, what should I build? What’s the best mod for xyz? What’s the best sounding switch? What plate is going to thock the most? These types of questions will drive most any reasonable person to be a jerk in response.

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QWERKey-UK t1_iy2k6nz wrote

When I reply that switches (apart from changing to clickies) don't really add that much to a board's overall sound and it's more like subtle fine tuning, and you should choose a switch for it's feel, weight etc. and that plate, case and keycaps are more important, I get downvoted, so I don't bother replying to that one anymore.

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Kirball904 t1_iy74lug wrote

I would disagree to some extent. But thanks mostly to YouTube everyone is obsessed with sound being the most important thing about their build. If a board sounds great but is shit to type on it’s still a shit board. What irks me is that so many designers make boards with shit sound profiles because they know they can just throw in a tape mod and some foam to make up for their shoddy work.

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QWERKey-UK t1_iy7erxg wrote

They really don't make a massive difference to sound. Especially once lubed. The sound difference is subtle. So far as sound is concerned, switches are just fine tuning, but if you are choosing a switch based on how it sounds, then you are choosing incorrectly, because you are absolutely correct: A nice sounding board that feels bad... is bad.

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