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Originally posted by evenodds
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.
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Translation*: My name is Heather and why does the Chess Club get to have their picture in the yearbook, anyway? I mean, it's not like anyone knows or cares who they are.
Ok, that was a cheap shot. But I am stunned by some of what you say. Anyway, to substantively respond to your comments:
(1) the new posters' forum: What does the fact that no one posts on there, or on Greedy Podunkville, have to do with the fact that new posters on the FB are not exactly welcomed? Is it your point that if NWNative had posted for weeks in the flame-free newbies board that he would have known what the FB was all about?
(2) I would agree with you about the general discussion thing if new people came here and whined about how they were just looking for a general discussion, and why do we only talk about sex and reality tv on the FB? But that ain't what happens, is it?
(3) are you really saying that we don't treat new people differently than established posters? and you are not kidding? wow.
(4) I concede that piling on is not limited to attacks on new people, and that people probably do send reassuring PMs. However, when I first started posting on the old place and was flamed, I got public reassurance, so I'd disagree with you about the different welcome thing.
(5) if by "we" you mean admins, I'd mostly agree; if by "we" you mean the FB as a whole, you have got to be kidding. The fact that some people stick around despite the fact that they were mocked or attacked by the multitudes doesn't make this a welcoming enironment.
For everyone other than E/O -- I love her, but she is wrong. For E/O, you know I love you, but you are wrong.
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Hey, if West Side Story can borrow from Romeo and Juliet, then I can steal from TM.
