Everyone likes to feel superior, and they all have their own particular ways of doing so, Don, some more nasty than others. But most of them just won't own up to it.

As for benefiting from the wisdom of others, I find that much more satisfying in 3-D than online. Things are too ephemeral online, and you never know for sure what you're dealing with. I'd rather sit down in a song circle and admire someone else's musicianship firsthand and see and hear what they do than talk about it over a computer keyboard.