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.
Be more active in learning, reading or posting in Bitcoin discussion board, which one of them do you mean? Newbies that are still very new to the industry and without knowledge of Bitcoin has no business posting in that board to avoid spamming or plagarism, they only owe it to themselves to read and learn in that board. Your advice to newbies is a good one but be more specific on how they should be active in Bitcoin discussion board so as not to mislead anyone, Newbies without any knowledge about Bitcoin has nothing to contribute in that board.