"Can I become a professional concert pianist?"

[pianoman53]

Is there any way to block those sorts of threads? I'm getting sick of people joining just for that question, and then never coming back.

[pianoplayjl]

Maybe they really need help to determine how good they are and really need another brain to think with them so that the final decision is made by more than 1 brain.

There was a thread called 'forum pollution' where I think Derek suggested the like/dislike sort of thing. I think that could apply to threads too. Or even the hide thread function type of thing.

[ted]

On a public forum I feel we should treat people as genuine, even if they seem hopelessly misguided, until proved otherwise. I personally don't care if I'm taken for a sucker 90% of the time. In the end it doesn't matter. My internal reward of helping the remaining 10% in genuine trouble easily makes up for it.

[pianoplayjl]

I think we sould get those people to post up their repertoire to genuinely consider whether they are capable of being professional concert pianist because many people at young ages play advanced pieces.

JL