It is necessary as a newbie to be very active in the Bitcoin discussion board so as your knowledge about crypto currencies' best coin and number one coin, Bitcoin, will grow enough to accommodate the knowledge of other coins, alongside the best crypto practices and procedures to follow for the ultimate benefits.
all the boards of the forum has there own way of adding to the knowledge that newbies need to give them a better understanding of bitcoin. the bitcoin discussion board has a lot of bitcoin related topics but they are not really centered at educating newbies. you need some level of knowledge for you to participate in some of those discussion which is why the beginners and help board is still the best start from most newbies and along the line you can easily transition to engaging in a more advanced topics which are mostly posted on the bitcoin discussion board.
anyone that is really eager to learn and become knowledgeable about bitcoin has to do the following apart from from just reading threads from different board in the forum. you have to identify what you want to learn, research on it off and off the forum and if there are things you cant understand alone and need some insight from a more experience person, you can then ask question that will give you better insight. from the perspective of a learner, what you should do more is ask question and read threads that gives answers to bitcoin related question so you get multiple answers that keeps you informed as an investor.