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Originally posted by Not Bob
One of the few things that bother me about this place is the collective negative attitude we show towards new posters. And (am I mixing my metaphors here?) the piling-on once there is blood in the water.
Yeah yeah yeah -- maybe he should have lurked longer, had a thicker skin, etc. But we should have cut him some slack.
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Blah, blah, blah.
We started a forum exclusively for new posters to get their feet wet, which was widely ignored. We started the big board forum for general discussion, also widely ignored.
People want to play with the big boys . . . so delurk and step up. Since we are not nice to each other, why would we treat new people any differently.
I disagree that we attack newbies er newbers en masse when weakness is shown. Instead, it encourages many of our members to contact the new poster privately and provide reassurance -- a far better welcome than any of us received elsewhere.
Clearly, we are not discouraging new posters from the FB. Many new people have joined here and become regulars, despite our best efforts to drive them away.
