David,
I think the point of Brian's post was simple. Don't burn out the people here that do the responding, don't ask a question before you have taken the time to find the answer on your own. If you find an answer and it's a year old, take YOUR time and research it rather then ask members of the board to update you. After you have acquired the knowledge that you can find, THEN have a conversation with members of the board about it. Do you have any idea how many times people come on this board and ask the question "should I get a PEG tube?". That's just one example of the redundant questions that could be answered easily within the search engine.
I believe this is the core of what Brian is trying to express. I also know how frustrating it is for all of us to have a poster come here and SOAK the board with questions while they are in treatment............and then poof, they are gone, never to be heard from again. WE had one guy that posted nonstop and was given TONS and TONS of support, with more than 800 posts in one thread that followed his course of treatment. Everyone was glad to help, don't misunderstand. But since his survivorship, we never hear a word from him. It is only a few posters that are here for the "newbies" and I don't think Brian is asking to much for the newbies to have some consideration for them.