Just some thoughts. And I think anyone who doesn't love Bibi should be banned.
Posted on 10/26/2009 4:32:01 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
Just some thoughts. And I think anyone who doesn't love Bibi should be banned.
Great idea. It took me months to get up the courage to post, then although I didn't get hammered I was unsure if I should even respond to people on my own threads for fear I would be "bumping" my own thread for number of views. That's noob thinkin' for ya.
Sign me up.
Sybil?
Can’t we just play good cop bad cop?
Here’s an observation....
Newbie signs up but gets his in-thread posts pre-screened with a message: “thank you for your comment, it will be considered for posting”, and it may show up in the thread anywhere from 10-60 minutes later.
But the same newbie can start a new thread and it gets posted immediately?... do I have that right?
If this is correct, doesn’t this encourage newbies to do the very thing they shouldn’t be... i.e. starting new threads without knowing the ropes... and at the same time doesn’t it discourage them from doing what we want them to do i.e. engage in existing discussions?
I think the pre-screening thing should be reversed...
no new threads till they prove themselves worthy in discussion... but let them have at it with posting in existing threads.
But then what fun will the kitties have?
By jove...is that James Carville in the back?
Those people didn’t drop out. They are still here, but there’s no election to bother to bring those things up again.
I know, because I talk about the things you said. :-)
I have to say when I joined, I read ...a lot first. I was excited to find people who wrote how I thought!
I investigated things too. Like before posting a reply, checking the date of membership and going to poster’s homepage.
I say thank you FReepers for not slamming me! But as a newbie I spent lots of time being cautious how my responses were worded.
As for new members, a welcome wagon sounds nice, but those on that committee set themselves up for the big fall to a troll. Yes, I see some of the fast IBTZ’s and perhaps that is something management should address vs. setting folks up. I’ve read many threads where we’re being “attacked” etc. and yet we want a welcome wagon?
Just my 2 cents. It ain’t worth much.
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Aren’t you the one who came up with the Soup Nazi picture... No Freep For You!
New threads are also pre-screened.
Same for me too! I remember posting my first thread. I cut and pasted all the html, ads and all. Needlesss to say, it was a mess and most freepers couldn't read the thread.
I stayed away from FR for days after that. Fortunately for me, Freepers were kind about it.
>We are passing the ball to you. What do you think?>
See my blog for details.
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Yeah the FReep Nazi was one of my unruly children.
A few more notes.
The mods are working on a guide for newbies on how to post in the blogger’s category.
If someone wants to take the ball and start the “welcome wagon” ping list- go for it. It is better if something like this is done by regular members instead of mods.
I suspicion some confusion. Probably the same confusion that partisan newbies bring to this forum.
It is certainly OK to turn the other cheek when confronted with moderate sentiment on this forum but it is not a sin to defend conservatism through rejection of liberal, poliical personalities and leaders, regardless of partisan affiliation.
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