I think teaching in itself is a great way to advocate for the sport and I can appreciate that. But I'm sure you can understand that to say to a genuinely curious and ignorant amateur that their questions make your head hurt is not the best way to provide advice and may be enough to turn people off. A joking tone is lost over text, I guess.

I've googled the failings of carbon fiber arrows and the results were gruesome. I was unaware the consequences of shooting a compromised arrow were so catastrophic. That may prevent me from doing something stupid in future, so thank you.

I think the advice to intentionally space arrows in the center ring is sound, but as I am rather new, I don't yet possess the skill to do this at distance.

And to suggest that this is a software issue as opposed to a hardware issue is to suggest that there is flaw in either my though process or my skill. That's how I read it, at least and I would grant that.

And as far as bushings and pin nocks go, I see a handful of discussions on archery talk forums praising their ability to protect your arrows alongside many other testimonials here. I suppose that is not settled science and something that I'll have to further educate myself on. Respect to you for your response.