Whether Seo Forums or not, such platforms can be both a valuable resource and quite the opposite.

You could spend countless hours reading information, debating issues, and gathering confusion.

The essential trick is to be able to filter the difference between opinion and fact. This really boils down to being able to filter people.

You may wish to consider the following;

• Seek out Moderators or persons with a large number of posts, though there is still no guarantee here!
• The loudest, is not always the best.
• The quietest is not always the worst.
• Baton people down, on specifics where possible. Don't blindly accept a suggestion from persons unknown.
• Find and filter, untill you discover someone in business for some time. These individuals should know something from experience, and experience which must keep them in business.
• Avoid flame wars. The essential question, may be lost to diverging ego wars with no enlightening result.
• Become a reader rather than a writer.
• If seeking help by ftp or server access, consider firstly changing your login data (username and passwords), for both back end admin software, database and server access. You can change these back when your "solicited help", has finished whatever they were doing. Just because someone is a Moderator, does not mean that they necessarily reflect the traits of a God fearing angel. See Seo Security.
• Having a thousand posts with your "signature ( site anchor)" at the end of them, does not help when from the same I.P. address. In other words, don't expect that quantity will help.