I think it's a valid request - searching for 'tape' in the google search bar yields 100 results and they are sorted by google's algorithm of what is most relevant.
The dumb forum search results in 293 threads containing the word tape (sorted by title alphabetically, number of replies, number of views, first post, last post, username alphabetically, or forum - pretty rudimentary in relation to information).
I don't think it is unreasonable to have a different filtering based on the knowledge of the experienced members - say 5-10 threads. The question, of course, is who are those experienced members who would provide that knowledge and while there are many more the mentors seem like the simplest set that's already existing (and anybody else could still contribute suggestions by going through a mentor). The infrastructure for it already exists, even though it's not used properly.