Surely, I prefer to tell newbies to just say no to shitcoins, yet at the same time, each of us has to recognize and appreciate that everyone has to learn at his/her own pace, and surely sometimes people are not really going to learn or know about bitcoin or how it relates to shitcoins until they consider some of the relationships - yet I still think that if newbies figure out ways to learn about bitcoin first and to establish a decently strong investment practice in regards to bitcoin first, then maybe after a bit of time they can start to look at and consider various shitcoins, but at least if they are doing it from a position of already having had developed knowledge in regards to bitcoin, then they should be in a better place rather going into shitcoins and considering that they have some kind of an equal or similar role as bitcoin...
The main reason why newbies are more inclined towards shitcoins is there cheap price and fake stories that tell how a person become rich by spending so little in some shitcoins. You can buy thousands of shitcoins in $10 while not much Satoshis came with $10. No matter how much the experienced ones says to stay away from shitcoins, people still invest in shitcoins unless they themselves learn the real catch. Bitcoin must be your first and foremost choice of investment, one can invest few bucks in shitcoins for testing or for fun.